Electromagnetic Force in Dispersive and Transparent Media

Abstract

A hydrodynamic-type, macroscopic theory was set up recently to simultaneously account for dissipation and dispersion of electromagnetic field, in nonstationary condensed systems of nonlinear constitutive relations~\cite{JL}. Since it was published in the letter format, some algebra and the more subtle reasonings had to be left out. Two of the missing parts are presented in this paper: How algebraically the new results reduce to the known old ones; and more thoughts on the range of validity of the new theory, especially concerning the treatment of dissipation.