B1.21
Part II, 2002
Explain how one can write Maxwell's equations in relativistic form by introducing an antisymmetric field strength tensor .
In an inertial frame , the electric and magnetic fields are and . Suppose that there is a second inertial frame moving with velocity along the -axis relative to . Derive the rules for finding the electric and magnetic fields and in the frame . Show that and are invariant under Lorentz transformations.
Suppose that and , where . At what velocity must an observer be moving in the frame for the electric and magnetic fields to appear to be parallel?
Comment on the case .