3 papers
physics.hist-ph2026
A Huygens-Leibniz-Lange framework for classical mechanics
J. W. van Holten
I discuss the physical basis of classical mechanics, such as expressed commonly using the framework of Newton's Principia. Newton's formulation of the laws of motion is seen to hav…
gr-qc2024
Polar magnetic fields in black-hole space-times
Richard Kerner, Gideon Koekoek, Julia Schuring +1
To model magnetic fields of compact objects we solve the Maxwell equations in the background of the exterior static Schwarzschild and slowly rotating Kerr space-times. We impose th…
gr-qc2023
Dynamics of cosmological scalar fields
J. W. van Holten
This paper reviews the dynamics of an isotropic and homogeneous cosmological scalar field. A general approach to the solution of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations is developed, w…