TY - JOUR
T1 - Constitutive relations in inhomogeneous systems and the particle-field conundrum- abstract
AU - Censor, Dan
N1 - Funding Information:
Dan Censor obtained his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, at the Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel in 1962. He was awarded M.Sc. (EE) in 1963 and D.Sc. (Technology) in 1967 from the same institute. Since 1987, he has been a tenured full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. He was a founding member of Israel URSI National Committee. His main areas of interest are electromagnetic theory and wave propagation. In particular, he studies electrodynam-ics and special relativity, wave and ray propagation in various media, theories and applications of Doppler effect in various wave systems, by moving objects, and application to biomedical engineer-
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - Recently a general framework has been proposed for constitutive relations. This theoretical approach attempted to represent constitutive relations as spatiotemporal differential operators acting on the physically observable fields. The general statement is sufficiently broad to embrace linear and nonlinear systems, and dispersive as well as inhomogeneous systems. The present study investigates specific examples related to polarizable and chiral media. It was immediately realized that prior to working out the examples, we have to better understand the relation of the kinematics of particles to field concepts. Through- out, the Minkowski space notation and related relativistic ideas are exploited for simpler notation and deeper understanding.
AB - Recently a general framework has been proposed for constitutive relations. This theoretical approach attempted to represent constitutive relations as spatiotemporal differential operators acting on the physically observable fields. The general statement is sufficiently broad to embrace linear and nonlinear systems, and dispersive as well as inhomogeneous systems. The present study investigates specific examples related to polarizable and chiral media. It was immediately realized that prior to working out the examples, we have to better understand the relation of the kinematics of particles to field concepts. Through- out, the Minkowski space notation and related relativistic ideas are exploited for simpler notation and deeper understanding.
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U2 - 10.1163/156939300X00130
DO - 10.1163/156939300X00130
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034500604
SN - 0920-5071
VL - 14
SP - 1371
EP - 1372
JO - Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
JF - Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
IS - 10
ER -