• $\vec E$ 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