Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-09 Thread Horace Heffner
At 10:58 PM 12/8/4, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: The basic formula for A at a particular point, from Rindler, 2nd edition, p. 111, or Griffiths, 3rd edition, p. 423 is just A = (1/4pi)integral([J]dV/r) where the integral is taken over all space, [J] is the retarded value of the 4-current

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-08 Thread Jones Beene
Stephen A. Lawrence writes Horace Heffner wrote: There are various concepts in which charge might not be conserved. [snip] Since the ring is uniform, the 4-current density is not varying in time, and we can forget about the retarded part. The motion of the ring affects the spacelike parts

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-08 Thread Horace Heffner
At 10:00 AM 12/8/4, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I had three comments on this analysis (which I snipped -- hope that's OK). Not only OK, but such snipping is mandated (or at least strongly encouraged) by the vortex rules. IMHO, the list could use more good snippers like you! 8^) First, watch

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-08 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Horace Heffner wrote: At 10:00 AM 12/8/4, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: I had three comments on this analysis... First, watch out for Shadowitz -- I've seen an instance where he messed up an analysis by using the motion of the EM field relative to a particle, which has no role in relativistic EM.

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-08 Thread Horace Heffner
At 10:58 PM 12/8/4, Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: Horace Heffner wrote: [snip stuff for a bit] I showed that if pancaking is valid for an individual particle, then the sum of such individual pancaking effects does not cancel at all points. But again, the formula you started with was for a point

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-05 Thread Harry Veeder
Harry Veeder wrote: Since it is acceptable to question conservation laws on this forum, perhaps CF is possible because the charge on subatomic particles is not conserved in all contexts. Note: This is different from the concept of 'charge shielding'. Furthermore, consider the fusion

Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-04 Thread Harry Veeder
Since it is acceptable to question conservation laws on this forum, perhaps CF is possible because the charge on subatomic particles is not conserved in all contexts. Note: This is different from the concept of 'charge shielding'. Harry Veeder

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-04 Thread Horace Heffner
At 3:05 AM 12/4/4, Harry Veeder wrote: Since it is acceptable to question conservation laws on this forum, perhaps CF is possible because the charge on subatomic particles is not conserved in all contexts. Note: This is different from the concept of 'charge shielding'. There are various

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-04 Thread Horace Heffner
At 3:05 AM 12/4/4, Harry Veeder wrote: Since it is acceptable to question conservation laws on this forum, perhaps CF is possible because the charge on subatomic particles is not conserved in all contexts. Here are some additional old posts you might find of interest on this subject, though more

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-04 Thread Horace Heffner
At 3:05 AM 12/4/4, Harry Veeder wrote: Since it is acceptable to question conservation laws on this forum, perhaps CF is possible because the charge on subatomic particles is not conserved in all contexts. Irreverance here, especially amateur irreverence, also sometimes extends to

Re: Is charge always conserved?

2004-12-04 Thread Horace Heffner
Speaking of obtaining energy from the Zero Point Field (ZPF), the Atomic Expansion Hypothesis (AEH) might be applied to obtain free energy from the vaccum by doing electrolysis using a metal coated piezo-kinetic SLVN (described in prior post in this thread) for a cathode. I will post the Atomic