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Some remarks on the question of charge densities in stationary-current-carrying conductors

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Recently, some discussions arose as to the definition of charge and the value of the density of charge in stationary-current-carrying conductors. We stress that the problem of charge definition comes from a misunderstanding of the usual definition. We provide some theoretical elements which suggest that positive and negative charge densities are equal in the frame of the positive ions.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Bologna

    L. Baroni

  2. Sezione di Bologna, INFN, Via Irnerio 46, I-40126, Bologna, Italy

    L. Baroni

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Ferrara

    E. Montanari

  4. Sezione di Ferrara, INFN, Via Paradiso 12, I-44100, Ferrara, Italy

    E. Montanari

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Via Marzolo 8, I-35100, Padova, Italy

    A. D. Pesci

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Baroni, L., Montanari, E. & Pesci, A.D. Some remarks on the question of charge densities in stationary-current-carrying conductors. Nuov Cim B 109, 1275–1282 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02722838

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