- $\vec E$ electric field
- $\vec B$ magnetic field
- $q$ electric charge
- $\vec A(\vec r')$ magnetic vector potential
- $V(\vec r)$ potential
- $\Phi$ flux
- $Q$ net charge
- $\lambda (\vec r')$ line charge
- $\sigma(\vec r')$ surface charge
- $\rho(\vec r')$ volume charge
- $\vec j(\vec r')$ current density
- $I$ current
- $\vec S$ energy flux density (Poynting vector)
- $u$ energy density in the fields
- $\beta$ relativity factor $\frac vc$
- $\vec m$ magnetic dipole moment
- $g^{\mu \nu}$ metric tensor
- $\Lambda^\mu_\nu$ Minkowski metric
- $u^\mu$ 4-vector velocity