History of Topics in Special Relativity/Stress-energy tensor (electromagnetic)

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Overview

The w:electromagnetic stress–energy tensor is the contribution to the w:stress–energy tensor due to the w:electromagnetic field in terms of the electromagnetic field tensor Fμν, Poynting vector 𝐒, Maxwell stress tensor σij:

Tμν=[12(ϵ0E2+1μ0B2)Sx/cSy/cSz/cSx/cσxxσxyσxzSy/cσyxσyyσyzSz/cσzxσzyσzz]=1μ0[FμαFνα14ημνFαβFαβ][𝐒=1μ0𝐄×𝐁, σij=ϵ0EiEj+1μ0BiBj12(ϵ0E2+1μ0B2)δij]

This tensor in the form written above is universally accepted when it comes to electromagnetic processes in vacuum. It was introduced by #Minkowski (1907/8) in matrix notation and used in different notation by #Sommerfeld (1910), #Laue (1910-11), #Einstein (1912-14). Alternative representations have been used by #Lewis/Wilson (1912) (dyadics) and #Silberstein (1912-14) (quaternions). However, several competing tensors have been proposed when it comes to electromagnetic processes in physical media, most notably the asymmetric one by #Minkowski (1907/8) and the symmetric one by #Abraham (1909-10) (w:Abraham-Minkowski controversy). Abraham's form was used by #Laue (1910-11) and #Henschke (1912/13), while Minkowski's was used by #Ishiwara (1910-11), with #Grammel (1913) summarizing and combining both approaches.

Historical notation

Minkowski (1907/8)

In his lecture from December 1907 (published 1908), w:Hermann Minkowski used the electromagnetic tensor in vacuum f and in matter F, as well as their duals f*,F*, in order to define the (dielectric) electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor S using 𝔢,𝔪 (i.e. 𝐄,𝐁) and 𝔈,𝔐 (= 𝐃,𝐇):[R 1]

S=|S11,S12,S13,S14S21,S22,S23,S23S31,S32,S33,S34S41,S42,S43,S44|=|Xx,Yx,Zx,iTxXy,Yy,Zy,iTyXz,Yz,Zz,iTziXt,iYt,iZt,Tt|fF=SL=|S11L,S12,S13,S14S21,S22L,S23,S23S31,S32,S33L,S34S41,S42,S43,S44L|,F*f*=SL=|S11L,S12,S13,S14S21,S22L,S23,S23S31,S32,S33L,S34S41,S42,S43,S44L|L=12(f23F23+f31F31+f12F12+f14F14+f24F24+f34F34)S11=12(f23F23+f34F34+f42F42f12F12f13F13f14F14)S12=f13F32+f14F42,etc.Xy=𝔪x𝔐y+𝔢y𝔈x,Yx=𝔪y𝔐x+𝔢x𝔈y, etc.Xt=𝔢y𝔐z𝔢z𝔐y,Tx=𝔪z𝔈y𝔪y𝔈z, etc.Tt=12(𝔪x𝔐x+𝔪y𝔐y+𝔪z𝔐z+𝔢x𝔈x+𝔢y𝔈y+𝔢z𝔈z)L=12(𝔪x𝔐x+𝔪y𝔐y+𝔪z𝔐z𝔢x𝔈x𝔢y𝔈y𝔢z𝔈z)

where Xx,Yx,Zx, are the Maxwell stresses, Tx,Ty,Tz the Poynting vector, Tt the energy density and L the Lagrangian. While Minkowski's tensor is symmetrical in vacuum, it is evidently asymmetric in a dielectric because (Xt,Yt,Zt)=𝐄×𝐇 while their counterparts have the form (Tx,Ty,Tz)=𝐁×𝐃. Alternatively, #Abraham (1909-10) symmetrically defined the tensor even in a dielectric, which started the w:Abraham-Minkowski controversy.

Using that tensor, Minkowski went on to derive the four-force density using four-velocity w:[R 2]

K=lor SK+(wK)w[lor =|x1, x2, x3, x4|]

Abraham (1909-10)

w:Max Abraham (1909) expressed the stress energy tensor components in terms of arbitrary dielectric constant and permeability. He defined the fields 𝔈, (= 𝐄,𝐇) and 𝔇,𝔅 (i.e. 𝐃,𝐁) for resting media, and 𝔈, as the fields acting on moving electric and magnetic unit poles. He started by relating the six components of the spatial part Xx of the stress-energy tensor to the “relative stresses” Xx (= the ordinary elastic stresses seen in the moving frame) using momentum density 𝔤 and velocity 𝔴:[R 3]

Xx, Yy, Zz, Xy=Yx, Yz=Zy, Zx=Xz{X'x=Xx+𝔴x𝔤x,X'y=Xy+𝔴y𝔤x,X'z=Xz+𝔴z𝔤x,Y'x=Yx+𝔴x𝔤y,Y'y=Yy+𝔴y𝔤y,Y'z=Yz+𝔴z𝔤y,Z'x=Zx+𝔴x𝔤z,Z'y=Zy+𝔴y𝔤z,Z'z=Zz+𝔴z𝔤z,{X'x=𝔈'x𝔇x+'x𝔅x12[𝔈𝔇+𝔅}X'y=𝔈'x𝔇y+'x𝔅y,X'z=𝔈'x𝔇z+'x𝔅z;Y'x=𝔈'y𝔇x+'y𝔅x,Y'y=𝔈'y𝔇y+'y𝔅y12[𝔈𝔇+𝔅},Y'z=𝔈'y𝔇z+'y𝔅z;Z'x=𝔈'z𝔇x+'z𝔅x,Z'y=𝔈'z𝔇y+'z𝔅y,Z'z=𝔈'z𝔇z+'z𝔅z12[𝔈𝔇+𝔅}.

and obtained the other components using energy density ψ and Poynting vector 𝔖, by which he analyzed all electrodynamic theories of that time, including the following adaptation of Minkowski's model[R 4]

{𝔇=ϵ𝔈[𝔮],𝔅=μ+[𝔮𝔈];{𝔈=𝔈+[𝔮𝔅],=[𝔮𝔇].𝔖=c[𝔈], 𝔤=𝔖c2𝔖=c[𝔈]+𝔴{𝔈𝔇+𝔅}𝔇(𝔴𝔈)𝔅(𝔴)+𝔴(𝔴𝔤)c𝔤=[𝔈]+𝔮(𝔈𝔇)+𝔮(𝔅)𝔇(𝔮𝔈)𝔅(𝔮)+𝔮(𝔮c𝔤)=[𝔈]𝔮(𝔮𝔚)=[𝔈] (𝔮=0)ψ=12𝔈𝔇+12𝔅+𝔮𝔚[𝔚x=k2{[𝔇𝔅]x[𝔈]x}𝔚y=[𝔇𝔅]y[𝔈]y𝔚z=[𝔇𝔅]z[𝔈]z [k2=1|𝔮|2, 𝔮=𝔴c]]c𝔤x=Xt, c𝔤y=Yt, c𝔤z=Zt𝔖x=cTx, 𝔖y=cTy, 𝔖z=cTz, ψ=TtXy=YxYz=ZyZx=XzXt=TxYt=TyZt=Tz

He noted that the last relations exhibit a "remarkable" symmetry that doesn't occur in Minkowski's original formulation, that is, Abraham's tensor is symmetric because it satisfies Planck's (1907) relation 𝔤=𝔖c2 even in a dielectric, which is the basis of the Abraham–Minkowski controversy. For instance, the above relations give in the case of a dielectric at rest (Xt,Yt,Zt)=(Tx,Ty,Tz)=𝐄×𝐇 representing momentum density times the speed of light.

In a subsequent paper (1909) he denoted this system as a "four-dimensional tensor" or "tensor quadruple":[R 5]

Xx=12(𝔈x2𝔈y2𝔈z2)+12(x2y2z2)Yy=12(𝔈y2𝔈z2𝔈x2)+12(y2z2x2)Zz=12(𝔈z2𝔈x2𝔈y2)+12(z2x2y2)Xy=Yx=𝔈x𝔈y+xyYz=Zy=𝔈y𝔈z+yzZx=Xz=𝔈z𝔈x+zxXu=Ux=i𝔰x, Yu=Uy=i𝔰y, Zu=Uz=i𝔰z, Uu=ψ[𝔰=𝔖/c=c𝔤=[𝔈], ψ=12𝔈2+122, u=ict]Xy=YxYz=ZyZx=Xz𝔖x=c2𝔤x𝔖y=c2𝔤y𝔖z=c2𝔤z

and defined the corresponding ponderomotive four-force density. He again referred to the Abraham–Minkowski controversy by alluding to the result of this previous paper, that his tensor remains symmetrical even in the general case of arbitrary dielectric constant and permeability (as opposed to Minkowski's asymmetrical one).[R 6] He further pointed out another difference to Minkowski's formulation: While Minkowski uses constant rest mass, Abraham showed that mass-energy equivalence requires variable rest mass because of the contribution of heat.

In 1910 he brought Minkowski's matrix formulation into vector form, writing the ten components of the "four-dimensional tensor" in a dielectric as:[R 7]

{Xx, Yy, Zz,Yz=Zy,Zx=Xz,Xy=Yx;Xu=Ux,Yu=Uy,Zu=Uz,Uu,Xu=ic𝔤x, Yu=ic𝔤y, Zu=ic𝔤zUx=ic𝔖x, Uy=ic𝔖y, Uz=ic𝔖z, Uu=ψ;2𝔣=[𝔈]+[𝔇𝔅]𝔚𝔮(𝔮𝔚)2ψ=𝔈𝔇+𝔅2(𝔮𝔚)[𝔚=(ϵμ1){k2𝔣+k4𝔮(𝔮𝔣)}, 𝔣=c𝔤=1c𝔖, k=1𝔮2]

again pointing out that they satisfy symmetry conditions which are not satisfied by Minkowski's approach.

Sommerfeld (1910)

In an influential paper, w:Arnold Sommerfeld translated Minkowski's matrix formalism into a four-dimensional vector formalism involving four-vectors and six-vectors. Sommerfeld defined a tensor T=(ff) as the product of six-vector f (i.e. electromagnetic field tensor) and its dual f* using fields 𝔈, (i.e. 𝐄,𝐇), with T having 10 components:[R 8]

Tjh=(𝔅j𝔅h)=𝔅jx𝔅hx+𝔅jy𝔅hy+𝔅jz𝔅hzTjh=Thj, Tjj0(𝔅j𝔅h)(fjfh)(fjfh)=fjxfhx+fjyfhy+fjzfhz+fjlfhl(fjfh)=(fhfj)j=h(fxfx)=y2+z2𝔈x2(fyfy)=z2+x2𝔈y2(fzfz)=x2+y2𝔈z2(flfl)=𝔈x2𝔈y2𝔈z2jh(fxfy)=(fyfx)=(xy+𝔈x𝔈y)(fyfz)=(fzfy)=(yz+𝔈y𝔈u)(fzfx)=(fxfz)=(zx+𝔈z𝔈x)(fxfl)=(flfx)=i(𝔈yz𝔈zy)(fyfl)=(flfy)=i(𝔈zx𝔈xz)(fzfl)=(flfz)=i(𝔈xy𝔈yx)(fx*fx*)=𝔈y2𝔈z2+x2(fx*fy*)=(fx*fy*)=+(𝔈x𝔈y+𝔈x𝔈y)(fx*fl*)=(fl*fx*)=i(y𝔈zz𝔈y)

which he rewrote following a suggestion by Laue (see next section).

Laue (1910-11)

w:Max von Laue suggested to Sommerfeld in private conversation the following formulation of the stress energy tensor, published by Sommerfeld in 1910:[R 9]

T=12((ff)(f*f*)){Txx=12(x2+y2+z2𝔈x2+𝔈y2+𝔈z2)Tyy=12(y2+z2+x2𝔈y2+𝔈z2+𝔈x2)Tzz=12(z2+x2+y2𝔈z2+𝔈x2+𝔈y2)Tll=12(x2y2z2𝔈x2𝔈y2𝔈z2){Txy=Tyx=xy+𝔈x𝔈yTyz=Tzx=yz+𝔈y𝔈zTzx=Txz=zx+𝔈z𝔈x{Txl=Tlx=i(𝔈yz𝔈zy)Tyl=Tly=i(𝔈zx𝔈xz)Tzl=Tlz=i(𝔈xy𝔈yx)Txx+Tyy+Tzz+Tll=0

In 1911, Laue himself published a paper on the dynamics of relativity, the contents of which he also published at almost the same time in his influential first textbook on relativity. He followed Abraham in defining a symmetric "world tensor" T (i.e. electromagnetic stress energy tensor) as the tensor product of the electromagnetic field tensor 𝔐, including Poynting vector 𝔖, energy density W, momentum density 𝔤e, and its Lorentz transformation:[R 10]

T=[[𝔐𝔐]]=𝐩xx𝐩xy𝐩xzic𝔖x𝐩yx𝐩yy𝐩yzic𝔖y𝐩zx𝐩zy𝐩zzic𝔖zic𝔖xic𝔖yic𝔖zWTxx=12(𝔈2+2)𝔈x2x2=𝐩xxTxy=(𝔈x𝔈y+xx)=𝐩xyTll=12(𝔈2+2)=WTxl=i(𝔈yz𝔈zy)=ic𝔖x𝔤e=𝔖c2=1c[𝔈]𝔖x=(1+β2)𝔖x+v(𝐩xx+W)1β2,𝔖y=𝔖y+v𝐩xy1β2, 𝔖z=𝔖z+v𝐩xz1β2W=W+β2𝐩xx+2vc2𝔖x1β2𝐩yy=𝐩yy, 𝐩zz=𝐩zz, 𝐩yz=𝐩yz𝐩xx=𝐩xx+2vc2𝔖x+β2Wc2q2,𝐩xy=𝐩xy+vc2𝔖y1β2, 𝐩xz=𝐩xz+vc2𝔖z1β2W=11β2{(W+(𝔳𝔤))+1c2(𝔳,𝔖+[𝔳𝐩])}𝔖=11β2{(𝔖+[𝔳𝐩])+𝔳(W+(𝔳𝔤))+11β2v2[v,[𝔳,𝔖+[𝔳𝐩]]]}

From that he derived, among other things, the electromagnetic energy and momentum of a spherical electron[R 11]

𝔊e=4E0𝔮3cc2q2, E=c2+13q2cc2q2E0[𝔊e=1c2𝔖dS, E=WdS]

and its relation to four-force density 𝔉 and four-current P

𝔉=𝞓ivT=[P𝔐]

Referring to Planck's (1907) "universal relation" relating momentum and energy density which he called "theorem of inertia of energy", he reproduced Abraham's expressions for energy and momentum in a dielectric at rest as well as in motion:[R 12]

𝔉0=𝔡𝔦𝔳𝐩01ct[𝔈00]𝔖0=c[𝔈00], 𝔤e0=1c[𝔈00]𝔤e0=𝔖0c2𝔖=c2𝔤e=c[𝔈]+𝔮(𝔮,[𝔈][𝔇𝔅])c2q2W=12((𝔈𝔇)+(𝔅))+cc2q2(𝔮,[𝔈][𝔇𝔅])

and wrote the relations also in terms of Abraham's "relative stresses" (i.e. the elastic stresses) as follows (Laue not only referred these equations to electrodynamics but to mechanics as well):[R 13]

𝐭jk=𝐩jk𝔤j𝔮kc2𝔤=𝔖=W𝔮+[𝔮𝐭][𝔮[𝔮𝔤]]=W𝔮+[𝔮𝐭]𝔮[𝔮𝔤]+𝔤q2

Ishiwara (1910-11)

w:Jun Ishiwara (1910) chose Minkowski's asymmetric formulation of the stress-energy tensor in a dielectric over Abraham's symmetric one, and also gave its Lorentz transformation:[R 14]

Xx=14π{𝔈x𝔇x+x𝔅x12(𝔈𝔇+𝔅)}Xy=14π{𝔈x𝔇y+x𝔅y}Xz=14π{𝔈x𝔇z+x𝔅z}Yx=14π{𝔈y𝔇x+y𝔅x}Yy=14π{𝔈y𝔇y+y𝔅y12(𝔈𝔇+𝔅)}Yz=14π{𝔈y𝔇z+y𝔅z}Zx=14π{𝔈z𝔇x+z𝔅x}Zy=14π{𝔈z𝔇y+z𝔅y}Zz=14π{𝔈z𝔇z+z𝔅z12(𝔈𝔇+𝔅)}𝔤=14πc[𝔇𝔅]𝔖=c4π[𝔈]u=18π{𝔈𝔇+𝔅}|ϰ2𝔖xc=𝔖xc+βXxβu+β2c𝔤xϰ𝔖yc=𝔖yc+βXyϰ𝔖zc=𝔖zc+βXzϰ2u=uβ𝔖xcβc𝔤xβ2Xxϰ2Xx=Xx+β𝔖xc+βc𝔤xβ2uϰXy=Xy+β𝔖ycϰXz=Xz+β𝔖zcϰYx=Yx+βc𝔤yYy=YyYz=YzϰZx=Zx+βc𝔤zZy=ZyZz=Zzϰ2c𝔤x=c𝔤xβu+βXx+β2𝔖xcϰc𝔤y=c𝔤y+βYxϰc𝔤z=c𝔤z+βZx[ϰ=1𝔳2c2]

However, in order to derive the ponderomotive force from this tensor, he chose Abraham's approach of variable rest mass over Minkowski's assumption of constant rest mass.

In 1911 he wrote this tensor and its Lorentz transformation as follows (the indices 𝔳 and 𝔳¯ indicate the components parallel and perpendicular to the velocity, respectively):[R 15]

𝐓11=𝔗xx𝐓12=𝔗xy𝐓13=𝔗xz𝐓14=ic𝔤x𝐓21=𝔗yx𝐓22=𝔗yy𝐓23=𝔗yz𝐓24=ic𝔤y𝐓31=𝔗zx𝐓32=𝔗zy𝐓33=𝔗zz𝐓34=ic𝔤z𝐓41=ic𝔖x𝐓42=ic𝔖y𝐓43=ic𝔖z𝐓44=u𝔗jk=14π(𝔈j𝔇k+j𝔅k)(𝔧𝔨)8π{(𝔈𝔇)+(𝔅)}𝔤=14πc[𝔇𝔅]𝔖=c4π[𝔈]u=18π{(𝔈𝔇)+(𝔅)}𝔗xx+𝔗yy+𝔗zz+u=0T𝔳𝔳=11𝔳2c2(𝔗𝔳𝔳+𝔳𝔖𝔳c2+𝔳𝔤𝔳𝔳2c2u)T𝔳¯𝔳¯=𝔗𝔳¯𝔳¯T𝔳𝔳¯=11𝔳2c2(𝔗𝔳𝔳¯+𝔳𝔖𝔳¯c2)T𝔳¯𝔳=11𝔳2c2(𝔗𝔳¯𝔳+𝔳𝔤𝔳¯)S𝔳c=1c(1𝔳2c2)(𝔖𝔳+𝔳𝔗𝔳𝔳𝔳u𝔳2𝔤𝔳)S𝔳¯c=1c1𝔳2c2(𝔖𝔳¯+𝔳𝔗𝔳𝔳¯)cg𝔳=1c(1𝔳2c2)(c2𝔤𝔳𝔳u+𝔳𝔗𝔳𝔳+𝔳2𝔖𝔳c2)cg𝔳¯=1c1𝔳2c2(c2𝔤𝔳¯+𝔳𝔗𝔳¯𝔳)u=11𝔳2c2(u𝔳𝔖𝔳c2𝔳𝔤𝔳𝔳2𝔗𝔳𝔳c2)

Einstein (1912-14)

In an unpublished manuscript on special relativity, written between 1912-1914, w:Albert Einstein followed Abraham and Laue in defining the symmetric stress energy tensors in vacuum (upper index 0) and matter (upper index e electric polarization, m magnetic polarization), in which the upper asterisk represent the dual, 𝔤 momentum density, 𝐬 energy flux:[R 16]

Tμν=pxxpxypxzic𝔤xpyxpyypyzic𝔤ypzxpzypzzic𝔤zic𝐬xic𝐬yic𝐬zη[pxy=pyxetc., 𝔤=1c2𝐬](Tμν)=(Tμν0)+(Tμνe)+(Tμνm)(Tμν0)=12{(𝔉μσ)(𝔉νσ)(𝔉μσ)(𝔉νσ)}(Tμνe)=1ε1{(𝔓μσ)(𝔓νσ)14(δμν)(𝔓στ)(𝔓στ)}(Tμνm)=1μ1{(𝔐μσ)(𝔐νσ)14(δμν)(𝔐στ)(𝔐στ)}pxx0=𝔢x2𝔥x2+12(𝔢2+𝔥2)pxxe=1ε1{𝔭x2𝔭x2+12(𝔭2+𝔭2)}pxy0=𝔢x𝔢y𝔥x𝔥ypxye=1ε1{𝔭x𝔭y𝔭x𝔭y}etc.etc.𝐬0=c2𝔤0=c[𝔢,𝔥]𝐬e=c2𝔤e=cε1[𝔭,𝔭]η0=𝔢2+𝔥22ηe=1ε1𝔭2+𝔭22Tμν=σταμσαντTστ

Silberstein (1912-14)

w:Ludwik Silberstein used Quaternions to give an alternative representation of the components of the electromagnetic stress-energy tensor. He derived the Poynting vector 𝔓, energy density u and the Maxwell stresses fn from the electromagnetic bivector (= w:Weber vector) 𝐆 and its dual 𝐅, and the Lorentz transformation of all these quantities:[R 17]

𝔓=ιc2V𝐆𝐅=cV𝐄𝐌u=12(𝐆𝐅)=12(E2+M2)fn=f𝐧=12(𝐆𝐅)𝐧12𝐅(𝐆𝐧)12𝐆(𝐅𝐧)=12V𝐆n𝐅[12𝐆𝐅=u+ιc𝔓]1γ2u=u+2c2(𝔓𝐯)+1c2(𝐯f𝐯)1γ2ϵ𝔓=𝔓+[1c2(𝐯𝔓)+u+f]𝐯1γ2ϵf=f1ϵ+1c[𝔓+u𝐯](𝐯+1c2𝐯(1ϵ𝔓

Silberstein used equivalent expressions also in his textbook on quaternionic special relativity in 1914, in which he also discussed Minkowski's electrodynamics of media by giving the electromagnetic bivectors of an isotropic medium:[R 18]

u=12(𝐄𝔈+𝐌𝔐)=𝔓=cV𝐄𝐌𝐠=1cV𝔈𝔐𝐟n=u𝐧𝐄(𝔈𝐧)𝐌(𝔐𝐧)

Lewis/Wilson (1912)

w:Gilbert Newton Lewis and w:Edwin Bidwell Wilson devised an alternative 4D vector calculus based on w:Dyadics which, however, never gained widespread support. They gave the dyadic Ψ (i.e. the stress-energy tensor) using unit dyadic 𝐈 in terms of the electromagnetic 2-vector 𝐌 (i.e. electromagnetic tensor) and its dual 𝐌:[R 19]

Ψ=12(Φ+Φ)Xx𝐤1𝐤1+Xy𝐤1𝐤2+Xz𝐤1𝐤3Xt𝐤1𝐤4+Yx𝐤2𝐤1+Yy𝐤2𝐤2+Yz𝐤2𝐤3Yt𝐤2𝐤4+Zx𝐤3𝐤1+Zy𝐤3𝐤2+Zz𝐤3𝐤3Zt𝐤3𝐤4Tx𝐤4𝐤1Ty𝐤4𝐤2Tz𝐤4𝐤3Tt𝐤4𝐤4Φ=(𝐈𝐌)(𝐈𝐌), Φ=(𝐈𝐌)(𝐈𝐌)12(𝐤1𝐌)𝐌+12(𝐤1𝐌)𝐌=Xx𝐤1+Xy𝐤2+Xz𝐤3Xt𝐤412(𝐤2𝐌)𝐌+12(𝐤2𝐌)𝐌=Yx𝐤1+Yy𝐤2+Yz𝐤3Yt𝐤412(𝐤3𝐌)𝐌+12(𝐤3𝐌)𝐌=Zx𝐤1+Zy𝐤2+Zz𝐤3Zt𝐤412(𝐤4𝐌)𝐌+12(𝐤4𝐌)𝐌=Tx𝐤1+Ty𝐤2+Tz𝐤3+Tt𝐤4Xx=12(e12e22e32+h12h22h32)Yy=12(e22e32e12+h22h32h12)Zz=12(e32e12e22+h32h12h22)Tt=12(e12+e22+e32+h12+h22+h32)Xy=Yx=e1e2+h1h2 etc.Tx=Xt=e2h3e3h2 etc.

Henschke (1912/13)

Erich Henschke (in a thesis from 1912, published 1913) derived the stress-energy tensor from a variational principle, obtaining different formulations of four-force density on the basis of a symmetric tensor equivalent to the one of Abraham and Laue (also using their notation). He started with the case of vacuum:[R 20]

{Xx=12(x2y2z2+𝔈x2𝔈y2𝔈z2)Yz=12(x2+y2z2𝔈x2+𝔈y2𝔈z2)Zz=12(x2y2+z2+𝔈x2+𝔈y2+𝔈z2)Uu=12(x2+y2+z2+𝔈x2+𝔈y2+𝔈z2){Xy=Yx=xy+𝔈x𝔈yXz=Zx=xz+𝔈x𝔈zYz=Zy=yz+𝔈y𝔈z{Ux=Xu=i(𝔈yx𝔈zy)Uy=Yu=i(𝔈zx𝔈zz)Ux=Zu=i(𝔈xy𝔈yx)T=[[𝔐𝔐]], 𝔉=𝞓ivT

then in moving media[R 21]

{Xx=12(𝔈x𝔇x𝔈y𝔇y𝔈z𝔇z+x𝔅xy𝔅yz𝔅z+𝔳xc𝔚x)Yz=12(𝔈x𝔇x+𝔈y𝔇y𝔈z𝔇zx𝔅x+y𝔅yz𝔅z+𝔳yc𝔚y)Zz=12(𝔈x𝔇x𝔈y𝔇y+𝔈z𝔇zx𝔅xy𝔅y+z𝔅z+𝔳zc𝔚z)Uu=12(𝔈x𝔇x+𝔈y𝔇y+𝔈z𝔇z+x𝔅x+y𝔅y+z𝔅z+𝔳c𝔚){Xy=Yx=12(𝔈x𝔇y+𝔈y𝔇x+x𝔅y+y𝔅x+𝔳xc𝔚y+𝔳yc𝔚x)Xz=Zx=12(𝔈x𝔇z+𝔈z𝔇x+x𝔅z+z𝔅x+𝔳xc𝔚z+𝔳zc𝔚x)Yz=Zy=12(𝔈y𝔇z+𝔈z𝔇y+y𝔅z+z𝔅y+𝔳yc𝔚z+𝔳zc𝔚y){Ux=Xu=i12([𝔈]x+[𝔇𝔅]x𝔚x𝔳xc(𝔳c𝔚))Uy=Yu=i12([𝔈]y+[𝔇𝔅]y𝔚y𝔳yc(𝔳c𝔚))Ux=Zu=i12([𝔈]z+[𝔇𝔅]z𝔚z𝔳zc(𝔳c𝔚))𝔖x=c[𝔈]x (𝔳=0)

Grammel (1913)

Richard Grammel developed three stress-energy tensors T,T,T in a dielectric satisfying the general four-force equation (using Laue's notation) F=𝞓ivT,. The first one is identical to Abraham's, the second one a modification of Minkowski's so that it becomes symmetrical in the case of rest, and the third one is related to the other ones by F=2FF. He started with the case of rest[R 22]

E=12{(𝔈𝔇)+(𝔅)}𝔖=𝔤=[𝔈]Xx=𝔈x𝔇x12(𝔈𝔇)+x𝔅x12(𝔅)Yy=Yx=12{𝔈x𝔇y+𝔈y𝔇x+x𝔅y+y𝔅x}Xx=Xx=XxXy=Yx=𝔈y𝔇x+y𝔅xYx=Xy=𝔈x𝔇y+x𝔅y

leading to the expressions for moving bodies:

{Xx=Xx+𝔳x𝔚x, Yx=Yx+12{𝔳x𝔚y+𝔳y𝔚x}Xy=Yx,𝔖=𝔤=12{𝔘+𝔖𝔚𝔳(𝔳𝔚)}E=E(𝔳𝔚){Xx=Xx+𝔳x𝔚x, Yx=Yx+𝔳y𝔚x,Xy=Xy+𝔳y𝔚y𝔖=𝔖𝔳(𝔳𝔚), 𝔤=𝔘𝔚,E=E(𝔳𝔚){Xx=Xx+𝔳x𝔚x, Yx=Yx+𝔳y𝔚x,Xy=Yx𝔖=𝔤, 𝔤=𝔖,E=E[𝔚=ϰ2{[𝔈]+ϰ2𝔳(𝔳[𝔈])}𝔚=(ϵμ1)𝔚, 𝔘=[𝔇𝔅],𝔈=𝔈+[𝔳𝔅], =[𝔳𝔇]ϰ=11𝔳2]

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