| Issue |
EPL
Volume 97, Number 6, March 2012
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| Article Number | 60001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 3 | |
| Section | General | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/97/60001 | |
| Published online | 28 February 2012 | |
On a no-go theorem for classical Maxwell-Lorentz electrodynamics in odd-dimensional worlds
1
Bar-Ilan University, Department of Physics - Ramat Gan, Israel
2
Tel-Aviv University, School of Physics - Ramat Aviv, Israel
3
College of Judea and Samaria - Ariel, Israel
4
IYAR, Israel Institute for Advanced Research - Rehovot, Israel
Received:
1
February
2012
Accepted:
14
February
2012
A non-existence theorem of classical electrodynamics in odd-dimensional spacetimes is shown to be invalid. The source of the error is pointed out, and is then demonstrated during the derivation of the fields generated by a uniformly moving point source.
PACS: 03.50.De – Classical electromagnetism, Maxwell equations / 11.10.Kk – Field theories in dimensions other than four
© EPLA, 2012
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