Question: Consider the global law of charge conservation V J d = 0 for a special choice of the closed 3-surface V: The

Consider the global law of charge conservation ∫∂V Jαd∑α = 0 for a special choice of the closed 3-surface ∂V: The bottom of ∂V is the ball {t = 0, x2 + y2 + z2 ≤ a2}, where {t , x, y, z} are the Lorentz coordinates of some inertial frame. The sides are the spherical world tube {0 ≤ t ≤ T , x2 + y2 + z2 = a2}. The top is the ball {t = T , x2 + y2 + z2 ≤ a2}.

(a) Draw this 3-surface in a spacetime diagram.

(b) Show that for this ∂V, ∫∂V Jαd∑α = 0 is a time integral of the nonrelativistic integral conservation law (1.29) for charge

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