Text: Originally Bearden chose the term scalar electromagnetics for his unified field theory work, since it is based on Whittaker's fundamental 1903 and 1904 papers. In his 1904 paper, Whittaker had already shown that all of classical EM could be replaced by an electromagnetics based on scalar potentials and scalar potential interferometry. Whitney has pointed out that a slight correction to Whittaker's 1904 paper is required, since Whittaker assumed the standard Lienard-Wiechert (LW) mode for the EM potentials created by rapidly moving point sources. The LW model was derived at the turn of the century, before the full development of special relativity theory. The LW model is faulty because it fails to conserve total charge. See Cynthia Kolb Whitney, On the Lienard-Wiechert Potentials, [unpublished]; Generalized Functions in Relativistic Potential Theory, Hadronic Journal, Vol. 10, 1987, p. 289-290; and A New Perspective on the Hydrogen Atom, Physics Essays, 1(2), July, 1988, p. 52-55. Whitney also shows that most modern derivation methods for the relativistic EM potentials have been "retrofitted" to the Lienard-Wiechert results in most present-day texts. She has found - and corrected - the error that has been passed along by almost all other theorists. A significant change in the orientation of the longitudinal E-field occurs in the altered and corrected formulation of the potentials. This field directionality becomes significant in any multi-body system, since the new direction provides a torque on the accelerated system as a whole, producing an energy transfer that works in opposition to radiation and moves energy from fields and to particle orbits. The Lienard-Wiechert error inherent in Whittaker's paper is not fatal, however, and merely implies that one may need to utilize some four or so potentials - instead of just two - to fully replace classical EM by scalar potential interferometry when torquing and multi-body systems are considered.

See Also: THREE BODY PROBLEM

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