Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge

Details Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge

1998-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9805097v1

Gen.Rel.Grav. 30 (1998) 1217-1227

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Latex, uses aasms4.sty, 14 pages, Accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitation. For a postscript file please

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The emission of radiation by a uniformly accelerated charge is analyzed. According to the standard approach, a radiation is observed whenever there is a relative acceleraion between the charge and the observer. Analyzing difficulties that arose in the standard approach, we propose that a radaition is created whenever a relative acceleration between the charge and its own electric field exists. The electric field induced by a charge accelerated by an external (nongravitational) force, is not accelerated with the charge. Hence the electric field is curved in the instantanous rest frame of the accelerated charge. This curvature gives rise to a stress force, and the work done to overcome the stress force is the source of the energy carried by the radiation. In this way, the "energy balance paradox" finds its solution.

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