%0 Journal Article
%T A Consistent Construction of the Electromagnetic Energy-Momentum Tensor
%A Eliahu Comay
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 5
%N 2
%P 1-8
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2018
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1104354
%X <div style="text-align:justify;">
	<span style="line-height:1.5;">This work discusses the
problem of the apparently non-symmetric form of the electromagnetic fieldsĄŻ energy-momentum tensor,
which is obtained from the variational principle. The analysis treats differently </span><span style="line-height:1.5;">radiation fields and bound fields. This distinction has a solid experimental
basis where the hydrogen atom proves that radiation fields and bound fields
have a different spin and a different parity. A direct calculation proves that
in the case of radiation fields, the variational principle yields the well
known symmetric energy momentum tensor and the problem does not exist.</span>
</div>
%K Lagrangian Density
%K Energy-Momentum Tensor
%K Radiation Fields
%K Bound Fields
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5293096