Media Minkowski

In Chapter 1, we look at the general principles which govern the establishment of the equations of electromagnetism in the case of a simple medium. These equations are expressed in the Minkowski space and then transferred into the usual three-dimensional space. The quantities used in the four-dimensional space are the tensors of the electromagnetic field and the current 4-vector, the momentum-energy tensor. These quantities will also be presented in Chapter 4, where we shall establish the... 

In this chapter, we shall first introduce the various quantities characterizing an electric medium with m dtiple components. These components are neutral or ionized chemical species and free electrons. Then, we shall recap on what is meant by a balance equation in three-dimensional space and in the Minkowski timespace. 

Part One, entitled Introduction, is made up of four chapters. Chapter 1 gives an introduction to the equations of electromagnetism in the Minkowski timespace. This mode of presentation is extended to the balance equations, first in non-polarized homogeneous mixtures in Chapter 2, and then in a polarized homogeneous fluid medium in Chapter 3. 

The Interpretation of the electromagnetic field A (x) as the displacement vector of an extensible medium In Minkowski space Is discussed. 

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