Re: [Phys-l] Ampere's original magnetic force law

["Bob Sciamanda" <treborsci@verizon.net>]

A discussion of "Weber Electrodynamics" can be found at:

www.ias.ac.in/pramana/v55/p393/fulltext.pdf

If interested in the Ampere's law controversy, you will want to consume 
this.
We were not taught this (Weber's electrodynamic model) in the traditional 
E/M curricula.

Bob Sciamanda
Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
treborsci@verizon.net
http://mysite.verizon.net/res12merh/

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From: "Bob Sciamanda" <treborsci@verizon.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:46 AM
To: <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu>
Subject: [Phys-l] Ampere's original magnetic force law

> I have been asked (by engineers at Penn State) to submit this topic to the 
> List for comments:
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> http://www.df.lth.se/~snorkelf/LongitudinalMSc.pdf
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> It concerns a controversy regarding Ampere's original formulation of the 
> basic magnetic force law between current elements.
> Apparently he was persuaded to this version because it obeys N3 even in 
> the strong form (equal and opposite "central" forces).
> This is contrary to the traditional force law, which comes from the Biot 
> Savart relation and the Lorentz QVxB force.
>
> Examples of experimental evidence for the Ampere longitudinal force 
> component are cited.  Should these results be attributed to an 
> other-than-magnetic component of the force between current elements?
>
> Could the original Ampere magnetic force law possibly be reconciled with 
> Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz force?
>
> Your comments and analyses, please.
>
> Bob Sciamanda
> Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
> treborsci@verizon.net
> http://mysite.verizon.net/res12merh/
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