Paper 1, Section II, 36C
(i) Starting from the field-strength tensor , where is the 4-vector potential with components such that
derive the transformation laws for the components of the electric field and the magnetic field under the standard Lorentz boost with
(ii) Two point charges, each with electric charge , are at rest and separated by a distance in some inertial frame . By transforming the fields from the rest frame , calculate the magnitude and direction of the force between the two charges in an inertial frame in which the charges are moving with speed in a direction perpendicular to their separation.
(iii) The 4-force for a particle with 4-momentum is , where is proper time. Show that the components of in an inertial frame in which the particle has 3 -velocity are
where and is the 3-force acting on the particle. Hence verify that your result in (ii) above is consistent with Lorentz transforming the electromagnetic 3 -force from the rest frame .