The electromagnetic fields are E, the electric field, and B, the magnetic flux density or magnetic field. The sources of these fields are the electric charge density, ρ q , and the electric current density, J.
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Schnack, D.D. (2009). The Electromagnetic Field. In: Lectures in Magnetohydrodynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 780. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00688-3_6
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