arXiv2010
In this work, a non-relativistic theory of the electroscalar field being an expansion of the classical Maxwell's electrodynamics is presented. Expansion of the classical electrodynamics is based on the hypothesis about an existing new 4-scalar potential complementary to the 4-vector electrodynamic potential. 4-scalar potential, from the viewpoint of the quantum field concept, describes massless scalar particles with a zero spin whose superposition realizes the Coulomb field. In a nonrelativistic approximation this hypothesis leads to the theory in which along with the electric and magnetic fields there arises a new scalar field that can propagate jointly with the electric field in vacuum in the form of a longitudinal electroscalar wave and, thus, transport of the Coulomb field is carried out. Indicative of the arising complementary scalar field is the analogy between the linear theory of elasticity and Maxwell electrodynamics considered in this work. From this analogy it follows that full agreement between the Lame equations and Maxwell equations is reached under the condition of incompressibility of the elastic continuum, while describing the compressible continuum necessitates introduction of a new scalar field. Since the 4-vector electrodynamic and new 4-scalar potentials do not form a single geometric object in the Minkowski space-time, in a nonrelativistic approximation the electromagnetic and electroscalar fields appear to be independent and do not interfere. In the paper, the problem of interaction of the introduced scalar field with charges and currents is also considered and electrodynamics based on the Fock and Podolsky Lagrangian is briefly discussed.