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View SchemaNumerical calculation of classical and non-classical electrostatic potentials
| Authors | Dan Christensen, Brian Neyenhuis, Dallin S. Durfee |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0609128 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0609128 |
Abstract
We present a numerical exercise in which classical and non-classical electrostatic potentials were calculated. The non-classical fields take into account effects due to a possible non-zero photon rest mass. We show that in the limit of small photon rest mass, both the classical and non-classical potential can be found by solving Poisson's equation twice, using the first calculation as a source term in the second calculation. Our results support the assumptions in a recent proposal to use ion interferometry to search for a non-zero photon rest mass.
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