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The Maxwell tensor for the Liénard-Wiechert field as an exact divergence

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A potential for the bounded part of the Maxwell tensor associated to the Liénard-Wiechert field has been obtained by van Weert. In this paper we explicitly derive the non-local potential for the radiative part of such a tensor.

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  1. Area de Física, División de C.B.I., Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco, Apdo. Postal 16-306, 02200, México, Mexico

    José L López-Bonilla, Jesús Morales & Marco A Rosales

  2. Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Subdirección de Investigación Aplicada, México, D.F.

    Jesús Morales

  3. Depto. de Física y Matemáticas, Escuela de Ciencias, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Sta. Catarina Mártir, Apdo. Postal 100, 72820, Puebla, Mexico

    Marco A Rosales

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López-Bonilla, J.L., Morales, J. & Rosales, M.A. The Maxwell tensor for the Liénard-Wiechert field as an exact divergence. Pramana - J. Phys 42, 89–95 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847504

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