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Light does not tire

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It is shown that a true “tired light” effect cannot occur in any Lorentz-and gauge-invariant electromagnetic theory that reduces to Maxwell's theory for weak fields.

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  1. Department of Physics, Luther College, 52101, Decorah, Iowa

    George L. Murphy

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Murphy, G.L. Light does not tire. Int J Theor Phys 17, 663–664 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00673017

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