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Oleg D. Jefimenko is a physicist
Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole ....
 and Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is a public university research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States of America. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg, West Virginia; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia; Potomac State College of West...
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menko received his B.A. at Lewis and Clark College (1952). He received his M. A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
 (1954). He received his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
 at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

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 (1956). Jefimenko has worked for the development of the theory of electromagnetic retardation and relativity. In 1956, he was awarded the Sigma Xi Prize. In 1971 and 1973, he won awards in the AAPT
American Association of Physics Teachers

The American Association of Physics Teachers was founded in 1930 for the purpose of "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching." There are more than 10,000 members that reside in over 30 countries....
 Apparatus Competition.






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Oleg D. Jefimenko is a physicist
Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many Physics#Major fields of physics spanning all length scales: from atom particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole ....
 and Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University
West Virginia University

West Virginia University is a public university research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, West Virginia, United States of America. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg, West Virginia; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia; Potomac State College of West...
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Biography

Jefimenko received his B.A. at Lewis and Clark College (1952). He received his M. A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)

A Master of Arts is a Postgraduate education academic degree master degree awarded by University in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in English language, Fine Arts, History, Humanities, Philosophy, Social Sciences or Theology and can be either fully-taught, research-based, or a combination of the two....
 at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
 (1954). He received his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
 at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is a State university, coeducational research university in Eugene, Oregon, United States. The second oldest public university in the state, and the flagship school of the Oregon public university system, UO was founded in 1876, and graduated its first class two years later....
 (1956). Jefimenko has worked for the development of the theory of electromagnetic retardation and relativity. In 1956, he was awarded the Sigma Xi Prize. In 1971 and 1973, he won awards in the AAPT
American Association of Physics Teachers

The American Association of Physics Teachers was founded in 1930 for the purpose of "dissemination of knowledge of physics, particularly by way of teaching." There are more than 10,000 members that reside in over 30 countries....
 Apparatus Competition. Jefimenko has constructed and operated electrostatic generators run by atmospheric electricity
Atmospheric electricity

Atmospheric electricity is the regular Diurnal phase shift variations of the Earth's Earth's atmosphere Electromagnetism electrical network . The Continent, the ionosphere, and the atmosphere is known as the global atmospheric electrical circuit....
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Jefimenko has worked on the generalization of Newton's gravitational theory to time-dependent system
Time-dependent density functional theory

Time-dependent density functional theory is a quantum mechanical theory used in physics and chemistry to investigate the properties and Molecular dynamics of many-body systems in the presence of time-dependent potentials, such as electric or magnetic fields....
s. In his opinion, there is no objective reason for abandoning Newton's force-field
Field (physics)

In physics, a field is a physical quantity associated to each point of spacetime. A field can be classified as a scalar field, a vector field, or a tensor field, according to whether the value of the field at each point is a scalar , a vector , or, more generally, a tensor, respectively....
 gravitational theory (in favor of a metric gravitational theory). He is actively trying to develop and expand Newton's theory, making it compatible with the principle of causality
Causality (physics)

Causality describes the relationship between causes and effects, is fundamental to all natural science, especially physics, and has a basis in logic....
 and making it applicable to time-dependent gravitational interactions.

Jefimenko's expansion, or generalization, is based on the existence of the second gravitational force field, the "cogravitational, or Heaviside's, field". This is similar to general relativity
General relativity

General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the Geometry Theoretical physics of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916....
 theory's gravimagnetic field. Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside

Oliver Heaviside was a autodidact English electrical engineering, mathematician, and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, invented mathematical techniques to the solution of differential equations , reformulated Maxwell's equations in terms of electric and magnetic forces and flux, and independently co-f...
 first predicted this field in the article "A Gravitational and Electromagnetic Analogy" (1893).

Selected publications


Books

  • "Electrostatic motors; their history, types, and principles of operation". Star City [W. Va.], Electret Scientific Co. [1973]. LCCN 73180890
  • "Electromagnetic Retardation and Theory of Relativity: New Chapters in the Classical Theory of Fields", 2nd ed., Electret Scientific, Star City, 2004.
  • "Causality, Electromagnetic Induction, and Gravitation: A Different Approach to the Theory of Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields", 2nd ed., Electret Scientific, Star City, 2000.
  • "Electricity and Magnetism: An Introduction to the Theory of Electric and Magnetic Fields", 2nd ed., Electret Scientific, Star City, 1989.
  • "Scientific Graphics with Lotus 1-2-3: Curve Plotting, 3D Graphics, and Pictorial Compositions". Electret Scientific, Star City, 1987.

Book chapters

  • "What is the Physical Nature of Electric and Magnetic Forces?" in Has the Last Word Been Said on Classical Electrodynamics? -- New Horizons, A. E. Chubykalo, Ed., (Rinton Press, Paramus, 2004 ).
  • "Does special relativity prohibit superluminal velocities?" in Instantaneous Action at a Distance in Modern Physics: "Pro" and "Contra", A. E. Chubykalo, Ed., (Nova Science, New York, 1999).

Papers

  • "A neglected topic in relativistic electrodynamics: transformation of electromagnetic integrals". arxiv.org, 2005.
  • "Presenting electromagnetic theory in accordance with the principle of causality", Eur. J. Phys. 25 287-296, 2004. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/2/015
  • "Causality, the Coulomb field, and Newton's law of gravitation" (Comment), American Journal of Physics, Volume 70, Issue 9, p. 964, September 2002.
  • "The Trouton-Noble paradox," J. Phys. A. 32, 3755–3762, 1999.
  • "On Maxwell's displacement current," Eur. J. Phys. 19, 469-470, 1998.
  • "Correct use of Lorentz-Einstein transformation equations for electromagnetic fields", European Journal of Physics 18, 444-447, 1997.
  • "Retardation and relativity: Derivation of Lorentz-Einstein transformations from retarded integrals for electric and magnetic fields", American Journal of Physics 63 (3), 267-72.
  • "Retardation and relativity: The ease of a moving line charge", American Journal of Physics, 63 (5), 454-9.
  • "Direct calculation of the electric and magnetic fields of an electric point charge movingwith constant velocity," Am.J.Phys. 62, 79-84, 1994.
  • "Solutions of Maxwell's equations for electric and magnetic fields in arbitrary media," Am. J. Phys. 60, 899-902 1992.
  • "Electrets," (with D. K. Walker) Phys. Teach. 18, 651-659, 1980.
  • "How can An Electroscope be Charged This Way?", TPT 56, 1979.
  • "Water Stream 'Loop-the-Loop", AJP 42, 103-105, 1974.
  • "Franklin electric motor," Am. J. Phys. 39, 1139-1141, 1971.
  • "Operation of electric motors from atmospheric electric field," Am. J. Phys. 39, 776-779, 1971.
  • "Demonstration of the electric fields of current-carrying conductors," Am. J. Phys. 30, 19-21, 1962.
  • "Effect of the earth's magnetic field on the motion of an artificial satellite," Am. J. Phys. 27, 344-348, 1959.


Encyclopedia Article

  • "'Maxwell's Equations'", Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, Macmillan, New York, 1996.


See also

  • Electret
    Electret

    Electret is a dielectric material that has a quasi-permanent electric charge or dipole polarization . An electret generates internal and external electric fields, and is the electrostatic equivalent of a permanent magnet....
  • Electrostatic generator
    Electrostatic generator

    An electrostatic generator, or electrostatic machine, is a mechanical device that produces static electricity, or electricity at high voltage and low continuous current....
  • Sky voltage
    Sky voltage

    Sky voltage refers to an electrostatic voltage gradient that is present in the free air of the atmosphere, and which can have a different voltage potential relative to the surface of the planet....


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