Groupthink and the Blunder of the Gauges

Abstract

We address the issue of the fallacies associated with the gauge concept in electromagnetism. Brief, elementary arguments suffice to demonstrate the fallacies. The simplicity of the proofs indicates that the norms of the scientific method have been neglected on this topic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA603526

Entities

People

  • Mark A. Johnson
  • Paul J. Cote
  • Sara L. Makowiec

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Continuity
  • Demonstrations
  • Displacement
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electromagnetism
  • Equations
  • Law
  • Lepidoptera
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Physics
  • Radiation
  • Standards
  • Wave Equations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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