Abstract
Solenoids and toroidal solenoids exposed to an electric field have been thought to contain hidden momentum. Here I show that there is no hidden momentum in these systems.
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Redfern, F. Momentum of charge-magnetic coil systems. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 325 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80334-0
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