The Motion of an Electric Charge in a Uniform Electric Field: Three Viewpoints
Domina Eberle Spencer
Uma Y. Shama
Philip J. Mann
Keywords: Motion, Electric Charge, Uniform Electric Field
The force on a charge moving in a uniform electric field is calculated in three ways: from the Weber equation proposed in 1846: from the classtcal equation generally taught today; and from the new Gaussian equation recently proposed and published by Moon, Spencer, Mirchandaney, Shama and Mann (Proceedings of the International Conference on Problems of Space, Time, Gravitation (Sept. 1996. St. Petersburg, Russia: pp. 188-195)). The classical field 150 a constant, but the Weber and new Gaussian fields are different functions of velocity.
