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Statement

14.3.23∗.
Solve problem 14.3.22 in the case of a capacitor moving at a velocity βc
pendicular to the plates

Solution

  1. Rest frame S'

Plates parallel to the x'y' plane, separated in z' by a distance h.
Uniform electric field:
.
Uniform leakage current: .
There is no magnetic field by symmetry.

The capacitor moves with velocity , parallel to the electric field and the leakage current.

Electromagnetic fields (boost in z):

The electric field does not change relative to the rest system.

The four-current
transforms as a four-vector. In S':

The volumetric current density increases:
.

A net charge density appears in the dielectric:

However, the total current I through a cross-section remains invariant because the area of the plates (perpendicular to the motion) contracts:
.