Maxwell's Equations in a Uniformly Rotating Dielectric Medium and the Wilson-Wilson Experiment

摘要

This note offers a conceptually straightforward and efficient way toformulate and solve problems in the electromagnetics of moving media based on arepresentation of Maxwell's equations in terms of differential forms onspacetime together with junction conditions at moving interfaces. Thisframework is used to address a number of issues that have been discussedrecently in this journal about the theoretical description underlying theinterpretation of the Wilson-Wilson experiment.