Engineering Physics Annotation << Back A RELATIVISTIC CONSIDERATION OF KINEMATIC MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELDS V.A. LEUS, S. TAYLOR Kinematic fi elds arise due to a uniform movement (constant velocity) of a permanent magnet or an electric charge. Previous experimental and theoretical results for the classical approximation demonstrate that kinematic fields do not propagate in a wave-like manner, but move like a rigid body synchronously with their source. In this paper a further analysis of kinematic fi elds, taking into account special relativity theory is presented. Despite the appearance of a new feature, the previous conclusions are upheld for the relativistic case. Keywords: moving permanent magnet, moving permanent charge, relative motion, Faraday’s law, Ampere-Maxwell law, Lorentz force and Biot-Savart force, special relativity, gamma-factor, wave equation. Contacts: E-mail: vladalex@liv.ac.uk Pp. 18-26.