4-current

Given that an observer both moving with and local to a bit of charge finds it to have a charge density of $\rho _{0q}$ , the product of this scalar quantity with its 4-velocity according to a given frame will constitute a four-vector known as the 4-current given by

$j^\mu = \rho _{0q}U^{\mu}$

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