Re: mag. force on wire?

[Maurice Barnhill <mvb@UDEL.EDU>]

Bob Sciamanda wrote, in part:
> Perhaps the only out is that the separated charge layers are indeed moving
> (as part of the current-why not?), therefore DO experience a QVxB force
> and carry along the lattice.
>
> Bob


Yes, having the charge layers (at least one) move is part of the simple
model.  The external q v X B on the moving charges moves the system, and
the difficulty is producing a force that will bring the lattice along.
Producing a force on the lattice is complicated, and all simple models
that I am aware of break down remarkably quickly.
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Maurice Barnhill, mvb@udel.edu
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Physics Dept., University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716