Attempts at an electromagnetic explanation of the inertial mass of charged particles have recently been revived within the framework of Stochastic Electrodynamics, characterized by the adoption of a classical version of the electromagnetic zero-point field (ZPF). Recent claims of progress in that area have to some extent received support from related claims that the classical equilibrium spectrum of charged matter is that of the classically conceived ZPF. The purpose of this note is to suggest that some strong qualifications should accompany these claims. It is pointed out that a classical massless charge cannot acquire mass from nothing as a result of immersion in any EM field, and therefore that the ZPF alone cannot provide a full explanation of inertial mass. Of greater concern, it is observed that the peculiar circumstances under which classical matter is in equilibrium with the ZPF do not concur with observation.
Electrodynamics under a Possible Alternative to the Lorentz Transformation
本文用一种可能的替代洛伦兹变换的方法，把经典电动力学推广到绝对运动系统。本文的主要假设是：a）惯性变换涉及两个惯性系：特权系S和相对于S具有速度v的运动系S'。b）场从S到运动标架S'的变换由H'= a（H-v D）和E '= a（E + v B）给出，其中a是一个矩阵，其元素取决于系统的绝对速度。c）运动标架S'中的本构关系为D'= ε E '，B'= μH'，J'= η E '。结果表明，麦克斯韦方程组变换到运动标架上后，根据系统的绝对速度，有了新的形式。与经典电动力学不同的是，本文提出的电动力学对Wilson效应的解释是令人满意的。
Comment on ``Torque or no torque? Simple charged particle motion observed in different inertial frames,'' by J. D. Jackson [Am. J. Phys. 72 (12), 1484-1487 (2004)]
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