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Field Velocity and Mass Renormalization in Classical Electromagnetism
Charles T. Sebens
The intricate procedure of mass renormalization in quantum field theory has a simpler precursor in classical electromagnetism. There, the renormalized mass of a charged body includ…
How do Laws Produce the Future?
Charles T. Sebens
The view that the laws of nature produce later states of the universe from earlier ones (prominently defended by Maudlin) faces difficult questions as to how the laws produce the f…
Absorbing the Arrow of Electromagnetic Radiation
Mario Hubert, Charles T. Sebens
We argue that the asymmetry between diverging and converging electromagnetic waves is just one of many asymmetries in observed phenomena that can be explained by a past hypothesis…
The Disappearance and Reappearance of Potential Energy in Classical and Quantum Electrodynamics
Charles T. Sebens
In electrostatics, we can use either potential energy or field energy to ensure conservation of energy. In electrodynamics, the former option is unavailable. To ensure conservation…
Forces on Fields
Charles T. Sebens
In electromagnetism, as in Newton's mechanics, action is always equal to reaction. The force from the electromagnetic field on matter is balanced by an equal and opposite force fro…