Conservation of angular momentum for systems of charged particles
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1089-7658
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AIP Digital Archive
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Mathematics
Physics
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It is shown that the interaction part of the electromagnetic angular momentum density of a system of charged particles is integrable over any forward light cone. A covariant definition of the mechanical momentum is then given and it is shown that angular momentum is conserved.
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Electronic Resource
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