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An analysis of the principle of minimal electromagnetic interaction

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The meaning and contents of the principle of minimal electromagnetic interactions are analyzed in the framework of the classical electrodynamics of a point charged particle. The essence of this analysis consists in expressing the free electromagnetic field as a difference of retarded and advanced fields and in observing the effect of switching on the minimal coupling on the retarded field. A new equivalent formulation of this principle is given and the possibility of its generalization is suggested.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Komenský University, Bratislava, Šmeralova 2/b, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia

    M. Petráš

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Dedicated to Professor V. Votruba on his sixtieth birthday.

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Petráš, M. An analysis of the principle of minimal electromagnetic interaction. Czech J Phys 19, 1562–1569 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01698899

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