Authors: John French
A derivation of the Darwin term is given based on assuming a non-spherical charge distribution. The total translational energy of the system is obtained for a static electric field and the corresponding quantum equation is found to contain the Darwin term under certain conditions.
Comments: 7 Pages. This paper has been published in Physics Essays
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