Propagation Properties of Bound Electromagnetic Field: Classical and Quantum Viewpoints

• Published in: Foundations of physics Vol. 50; no. 11; pp. 1686 - 1722
• Main Authors: Kholmetskii, A. L., Missevitch, O. V., Yarman, T., Smirnov-Rueda, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Classical and Quantum Gravitation; Classical Mechanics; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Philosophy of Science; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Quantum Physics; Relativity Theory; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems; Quantum phases; Special relativity; Classical electrodynamics; Quantum electrodynamics; Bound electromagnetic field

The present work is motivated by recent experiments aimed to measure the propagation velocity of bound electromagnetic (EM) field (Missevitch, et al. in EPL 93:64004, 2011; de Sangro et al. in Eur Phys J C 75:137, 2015) that reveal no retardation in the absence of EM radiation. We show how these fin...