RESOLUTION OF THE MANSURIPUR'S PARADOX
Keywords:
Lorentz law, Lorentz transformation, magnetic dipole, Mansuripur's Paradox, Hidden Momentum, Einstein-Laub Force LawAbstract
In 2012 Masud Mansuripur claims that the Lorentz force law is incompatible with special relativity in an article appeared in Physical Review Letters. In this paper I discuss the paradox on which this claim is based. The resolution depends on whether one assumes a Gilbert model for the magnetic dipole (separated monopoles) or the standard Ampere model (a current loop). The former case was treated some years ago and the latter will be treated in this paper. It constitutes an interesting manifestation of hidden momentum
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