Tensors for Physics

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150 8 Integration of Fields


Putting terms together, one arrives at


ρEμ+εμνλjνBλ+εμνλ


∂t

(DνBλ)
=Eμ∇νDν−εμνλDνελκτ∇κEτ+εμνλενκτ(∇κHτ)Bλ.

The right hand side of this equation can be written as a total spatial derivative. First
notice that, due toεμνλελκτ=δμκδντ−δμτδνκ,


−εμνλDνελκτ∇κEτ=−Dν∇μEν+Dν∇νEμ.

With


−Dν∇μEν=−∇μ(DνEν)+Eν∇μDν

and


Dν∇νEμ=∇ν(DνEμ)−Eμ∇νDν,

one obtains


−εμνλDνελκτ∇κEτ+Eμ∇νDν=∇ν(DνEμ−DκEκδμν)+Eν∇μDν.

The last term on the right hand side is the gradient of the electric energy densityuel.
By analogy to (8.114), one has


Eν∇μDν=∇μuel,

provided that the medium is hysteresis-free. Then the terms involving the electric
fields are equal to


−εμνλDνελκτ∇κEτ+Eμ∇νDν=∇νTνμel,

where


Tνμel=DνEμ−(DκEκ−uel)δμν (8.120)

is the electric part of the Maxwell stress tensor. By analogy, the term in the momentum
balance involving the magnetic fields is equal to


εμνλενκτ(∇κHτ)Bλ=∇νTνμmag,

with the magnetic part


T
mag
νμ =BνHμ−(BκHκ−umag)δμν (8.121)
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