Completing the Li\'enard-Wiechert potentials: The origin of the delta function fields for a charged particle in hyperbolic motion

Autor:	Cross, Daniel J.
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Physics - Classical Physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.1119/1.4904762
Popis:	Calculating the electromagnetic field of a uniformly accelerated charged particle is a surprisingly subtle problem that has been long discussed in the literature. While the correct field has been obtained many times and through various means, it remains somewhat unclear why the (supposedly general) field expression derived from the Li\'enard-Wiechert potentials misses some terms. We present new derivations of the missing field and potential terms by considering only pure hyperbolic motion, and we amend the offending step in the standard Li\'enard-Wiechert construction. Comment: 4 pages, no figures
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1569 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv