Thought experiments in electromagnetic theory and the ordinary Hall effect

• Published in: The European physical journal. ST, Special topics Vol. 232; no. 20-22; pp. 3529 - 3544
• Main Authors: Mareš, Jiří J., Špička, Václav, Hubík, Pavel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Atomic; Classical and Continuum Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetism; Experiments; Foundations of Quantum Mechanics; Hall effect; Many Body Systems; Materials Science; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Molecular; Momentum; Non-Equilibrium Quantum Physics; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Review; Theoretical physics

Thought experiments are effective tools of theoretical physics, and historically they have led to the discovery of many useful ideas and relations. Yet they also give rise to paradoxes that persist for long periods of time despite enormous efforts to resolve them. A problem par excellence, one that...