Electromagnetic momentum in frontiers of modern
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Front. Phys. ›› 2008, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (3) : 239-249. DOI: 10.1007/s11467-008-0036-9

Electromagnetic momentum in frontiers of modern physics

SPAVIERI Gianfranco¹, ERAZO Jesús¹, SANCHEZ Arturo¹, AGUIRRE Felix¹, GILLIES George T.², RODRIGUEZ Miguel³

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We review the role of the momentum of the electromagnetic (EM) fields P_e in several areas of modern physics. P_e represents the EM interaction in equations for matter and t waves propagation. As an application of wave propagation properties, a first order optical experiment which tests the speed of light in moving rarefied gases is presented. Within a classical context, the momentum P_e appears also in proposed tests of EM interactions involving open currents and angular momentum conservation laws.Moreover, P_e is the link to the unitary vision of the quantum effects of the Aharonov-Bohm (AB) type and, for several of these effects, the strength of P_e is evaluated. These effects provide a quantum approach to evaluate the limit of the photon mass m_ph. A new effect of the AB type, together with the scalar AB effect, provides the basis for table-top experiments which yield the limit m_ph = 9.4 × 10^-⁵² g, a value that improves the results achieved with recent classical and quantum approaches.

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SPAVIERI Gianfranco, ERAZO Jesús, SANCHEZ Arturo, AGUIRRE Felix, GILLIES George T., RODRIGUEZ Miguel. Electromagnetic momentum in frontiers of modern physics. Front. Phys., 2008, 3(3): 239‒249 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-008-0036-9

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