Abandoning the Idea of Relativistic Length Contraction in Relativistic Electrodynamics
Nizar Hamdan
Keywords: Lorentz force law, special relativity theory
This paper presents new evidence that including the three?vector Lorentz force law within the framework of special relativity enables one to derive the fundamental relativistic equations pertaining to a charged particle, and, as a result, the relativistic charge density can be derived without using the Lorentz Transformation. Hence, in this formalism the kinematic length-contraction effect is useless, and cannot serve as the basis for any subsequent dynamical variable in relativistic electrodynamics.
