Experimentally confirming the special relativistic properties of Coulomb fields

The spatiotemporal profile of the electric field around a high-energy electron beam was visualized using an ultrafast technique based on electro-optic sampling. By investigating the formation of the Coulomb field it was possible to experimentally confirm the validity of the predictions of special re...

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Published in:Nature physics 2022-12, Vol.18 (12), p.1404-1405
Format: Article
Language:English
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Atomic
Boundary conditions
Charged particles
Classical and Continuum Physics
Complex Systems
Condensed Matter Physics
Electric fields
Electromagnetic fields
Electromagnetism
Electron beams
Experiments
High energy electrons
Lasers
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Propagation
Radiation
Relativity
Research Briefing
Theoretical
Theory of relativity
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Summary:The spatiotemporal profile of the electric field around a high-energy electron beam was visualized using an ultrafast technique based on electro-optic sampling. By investigating the formation of the Coulomb field it was possible to experimentally confirm the validity of the predictions of special relativity regarding electromagnetic fields.
ISSN:1745-2473
1745-2481
DOI:10.1038/s41567-022-01768-9