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How and why do accelerating charges radiate electromagnetic radiation?
Let's consider it case by case:
Case 1: Charged particle is at rest. It has an electric field around it. No problem. That is its property.
Case 2: Charged particle started moving (it's accelerating)....
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Does a constantly accelerating charged particle emit EM radiation or not?
The Abraham-Lorentz force gives the recoil force, $\mathbf{F_{rad}}$, back on a charged particle $q$ when it emits electromagnetic radiation. It is given by:
$$\mathbf{F_{rad}} = \frac{q^2}{6\pi \...
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Why do accelerating electrons emit radiation?
I know how you can emit light with an alternating current, running back and forth, creating an electric field in addition to the magnetic field.
But why does an electron emit light when it gets ...
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Does an accelerating electric dipole radiate?
For such a simple question I'm finding it remarkably hard to get a definitive answer. Googling has not helped me. Consider an ideal electric dipole that is constant i.e. neither its magnitude nor ...
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How is the energy loss by an accelerating charge expressed in the equations of motion?
I understand how, and why, an accelerating charge emits radiation, and loses energy in the process, as well as the Larmor formula for the power, and its derivation.
However, in classical mechanics, ...
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Why does an accelerated charge radiate away energy?
My textbook says:
"Neils Bohr objected to the idea of an electron orbiting a nucleus in a circular orbit. An electron experiences centripetal acceleration and an accelerated charge radiates away ...
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Why doesn't a charged particle moving with constant velocity produce electromagnetic waves?
A charged particle moving with an acceleration produces electromagnetic waves. Why doesn't a charged particle moving with a constant velocity produce electromagnetic waves? As far I understand, the ...
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If you run an electric current through a wire loop, do the accelerated charges radiate?
Does an accelerated charge always radiate?
For example the current electrons in an electric circuit when moving through a turn they are accelerated, do they radiate because of that acceleration?
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Why does an accelerating neutral object not emit Bremsstrahlung radiation? [duplicate]
It is a well established fact that accelerating charges, positive or negative, emit radiation. Why then does a neutral object made up of equal amounts of positive and negative charge not emit any ...
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Why would an orbiting electron lose energy?
Ernest Rutherford proposed that the electrons were orbiting around the nucleus just like planets orbiting around the sun. However, this simple picture defied the laws of physics. Electrons revolving ...
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Will a change in reference frame produce light? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a charged particle in front of me. If I start spinning in place, the charged particle will appear accelerated to me from my reference frame. If the laws of physics pertaining to this ...
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Are electromagnetic waves only caused by accelerating charges?
Like the title says, are electromagnetic waves only caused by accelerating charges? Are there any other methods for the generation of photons?
If electromagnetic waves are ONLY able to be created by ...
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Why do planets not radiate EM waves in their orbits?
Despite being overall near-netural, I would expect the individual electrons and proton to radiate long EM waves as we accelerate around the Sun or rotate around our poles. Is the acceleration so small ...
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Is it true that any system of accelerating charges will radiate?
I was recently told by a physics teacher that "any system of charges in which at least some of the charges are executing some sort of accelerated motion, will radiate and lose energy". This refers to ...
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What is the condition for accelerating charge to radiate?
I was always taught that any accelerating charge produces radiation, but I don't think this condition is sufficient condition. For instance, any free charge on Earth is accelerated due to Earth ...
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