The Net Advance of Physics:
MANSURIPUR'S PARADOX

Special Relativity: Paradoxes:
MANSURIPUR'S PARADOX and other paradoxes involving the Lorentz Force-Law:

See also Right-Angle Lever Paradox for a similar problem involving only mechanical, not electromagnetic, forces.

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• General: Papers by Mansuripur:
  • Radiation pressure on a dielectric wedge by Masud Mansuripur et al. [Optics Express 13, 2064 (2005)]
  • Radiation pressure and the linear momentum of light in dispersive dielectric media by Masud Mansuripur [Optics Express 13, 2245 (2005)]
  • Radiation pressure and the distribution of electromagnetic force in dielectric media (II) by Armis R. Zakharian et al. [Optics Express 13, 2321 (2005)]
  • Angular momentum of circularly polarized light in dielectric media by Masud Mansuripur [Optics Express 13, 5315 (2005)]
  • Radiation Pressure on Submerged Mirrors: Implications for the Momentum of Light in Dielectric Media by Masud Mansuripur [Optics Express 15, 2677 (2007)]
  • Maxwell's macroscopic equations, the energy-momentum postulates, and the Lorentz law of force by Masud Mansuripur and Armis R. Zakharian [Physical Review E 79, 026608 (2009)]
  • Trouble with the Lorentz law of force: Incompatibility with special relativity and momentum conservation by Masud Mansuripur [Physical Review Letters 108, 193901 (2012)]
  • Trouble with the Lorentz Law of Force: Response to Critics by Masud Mansuripur [Proc. SPIE 8455, 845512-1:13 (2012)]
  • Textbook Electrodynamics May Contradict Relativity by Adrian Cho [Science 336, (6080) 404 (2012 April 27)] News story, supportive of Mansuripur.
  • Electromagnetic force distribution inside matter by Masud Mansuripur et al. [Physical Review A 88, 023826 (2013)]
  • The Force Law of Classical Electrodynamics: Lorentz versus Einstein and Laub by Masud Mansuripur [Proc. SPIE 8810, 88100K-1:18 (2013)]
  • On the Foundational Equations of the Classical Theory of Electrodynamics by Masud Mansuripur [Resonance 18, 130 (2013)]
  • The Lorentz force law and its connections to hidden momentum, the Einstein-Laub force, and the Aharonov-Casher effect by Masud Mansuripur [IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 50, 1300110 (April 2014)]
  • The Charge-Magnet Paradoxes of Classical Electrodynamics by Masud Mansuripur [2014/09]y
  • On the Electrodynamics of Moving Permanent Dipoles in External Electromagnetic Fields by Masud Mansuripur [Proc. S.P.I.E. 9160, 0X (2014)]
  • Electromagnetic force and torque in Lorentz and Einstein-Laub formulations by Masud Mansuripur [Proc. S.P.I.E. 9164, 0B (2014)]
  • Electric and Magnetic Dipoles in the Lorentz and Einstein-Laub Formulations of Classical Electrodynamics by Masud Mansuripur [Proc. S.P.I.E. 9370, 0U (2015)]
  • Origin of the Spin-Orbit Interaction by Gianfranco Spavieri and Masud Mansuripur [Physica Scripta 90, 085501 (2015)]
  • Electromagnetic Force and Momentum by Masud Mansuripur [Journal of Optics 19, 013001:8 (2017)]
  • Electromagnetic Angular Momentum by Masud Mansuripur [Journal of Optics 19, 013001:10 (2017)]
  • Optical Angular Momentum in Classical Mechanics by Masud Mansuripur [, 065501 (2017)]
  • Thermodynamics of Radiation Pressure and Photon Momentum by Masud Mansuripur and Pin Han [2017/08]
  • Nature of the electromagnetic force between classical magnetic dipoles by Masud Mansuripur [2017/09]
  • Energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum exchange between an electromagnetic wave-packet and a small particle by Masud Mansuripur [2018/05]

• Papers arguing that there is no paradox:
  • Mansuripur's Paradox by Kirk T. McDonald [2012/05] With references to older discussions on similar lines.
  • Does Lorentz Force Law Contradict the Principle and Theories of Relativity for Uniform Linear Motion? by C. S. Unnikrishnan [2012/05]
  • Comment [on Mansuripur's "paradox"] by Daniel A. T. Vanzella [2012/05]
  • Comment on "Trouble with the Lorentz Law of Force" by David J. Griffiths and Vladimir Hnizdo [2012/05]
  • Resolution of the Mansuripur Paradox by Daniel J. Cross [2012/05]
  • Comment by Pablo L. Saldanha [2012/05]
  • Examples and Comments Related to Relativity Controversies by Timothy H. Boyer [2012/06]
  • Comment [on Mansuripur Effect] by Marc Brachet and E. Tirapegui [2012/07]
  • Electromagnetic Angular Momentum and Relativity by Kimball A. Milton and Giulio Meille [2012/08]
  • Comment by Francisco De Zela [2012/10]
  • Comment on "Trouble with the Lorentz Law of Force" by Tomislav Ivezic [2013/10] "There is no paradox if an independent physical reality is attributed to the four-dimensional geometric quantities ..."

• Other views:
  • It should be Einstein-Laub Equations inside Matter by Mahdy Rahman Chowdhury Mahdy [2012/11] Supports the non-Minkowskian electrodynamics proposed by Einstein and J. Laub in 1908 (as does Mansuripur, but for different reasons).

• Abraham-Minkowski:
  • Minkowski Momentum Resulting from a Vacuum-Medium Mapping Procedure, and a Brief Review of Minkowski Momentum Experiments by Iver Brevik [2016/10]
  • Hidden momentum and the Abraham-Minkowski debate by Pablo L. Saldanha and J. S. Oliveira Filho [2016/10]
  • Revisiting the Abraham-Minkowski Dilemma by Mario G. Silveirinha [2017/02]
  • The energy-momentum tensor of electromagnetic fields in matter by Rodrigo Medina and Jorge Stephany [2017/03]

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