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Past exam of the symmetry and relativity course of the University of Oxford 2016 4 d ii Solution by
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Boost the comoving electric field perpendicular to itself along the wire. The transverse electric field gains a factor , while a circulating magnetic field appears. Equivalently apply Gauss's law and Ampère's law with laboratory line charge and current :These are exterior fields of the ideal straight wire. For laboratory line density , substitute ; for proper line density , substitute . The radial distance is transverse to the boost and unchanged between the two frames.
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