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Coulomb gauge

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli,  40) ... Physics Particle physics Electromagnetism Maxwell's equations Electromagnetic four-potential Lorentz gauge condition
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Alternative to the Lorentz gauge, but less used in general as it is not as nice for relativity invariance.

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Coulomb gauge by Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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The Coulomb gauge imposes
∇⋅A=0
(1)
on the magnetic vector potential. A gauge transformation A↦A+∇χ reaches this gauge when χ solves
∇2χ=−∇⋅A.
(2)
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