Savchenko Problem 14.3.28

Physics · electromagnetism · relativity

Problem

A charged capacitor suspended on a thread, it would seem, cannot move translationally together with the thread and the suspension, if the angle α\alpha is not straight, since the magnetic force of interaction of two jointly moving charges creates a rotational moment. This rotational moment could be detected experimentally if we assume that the capacitor moves with the Earth at a speed of cc. Is it so? 332 14.4 Motion of relativistic particles in electric and magnetic fields

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