The Lorentz Transformation of E and B Fields（E和B的洛伦兹变换领域）.pdf

UIUC Physics 436 EM Fields Sources II Fall Semester, 2015 Lect. Notes 18.5 Prof. Steven Errede LECTURE NOTES 18.5   The Lorentz Transformation of E and B Fields:   We have seen that one observer’s E -field is another’s B -field (or a mixture of the two), as viewed from different inertial reference frames (IRF’s). What are the mathematical rules / physical laws of {special} relativity that govern the   transformations of E B in going from one IRF(S) to another IRF(S) ??? In the immediately preceding lecture notes, the reader may have noticed some tacit / implicit assumptions were made, which we now make explicit: 1) Electric charge q (like c, the speed of light) is a Lorentz invariant scalar quantity. No matter how fast/slow an electrically-charged particle is moving, the strength of its 19 electric charge is always the same, viewed from any/all IRF’s: e 1.60210 Coulombs. {n.b. electric charge is also a conserved quantity, valid in any/all IRF’s.} Since the speed of light c is a Lorentz invariant quantity, then since c 1   then so is o o c2 1   ; the scalar EM properties of the vacuum -  and  are separately Lorentz o o o o invariant scalar quantities, i.e.  8.851012 Farads/meter o 7 same in any /all IRF’s