The energy of classical macroscopic fields in a linear medium is derived from a microscopic quantum electrodynamic model of the system, examining the effects of dispersion and the enhanced energy density. The result differs from the usual electromagnetic energy that is derived from the macroscopic Maxwell equations using Poynting's theorem.
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Michael E. Crenshaw (2005) studied this question.
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