A simple derivation of the electromagnetic field of an arbitrarily moving charge Export

@article{citeulike:3447204, abstract = {The expression for the electromagnetic field of a charge moving along an arbitrary trajectory is obtained in a direct, elegant, and Lorentz invariant manner without resorting to more complicated procedures such as differentiation of the Lienard-Wiechert potentials. The derivation uses arguments based on Lorentz invariance and a physically transparent expression originally due to J.J.Thomson for the field of a charge that experiences an impulsive acceleration.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Padmanabhan, Hamsa}, citeulike-article-id = {3447204}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4246}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0810.4246}, day = {23}, eprint = {0810.4246}, keywords = {charge, em, physics, relativity}, month = {Oct}, posted-at = {2008-10-24 12:53:45}, priority = {2}, title = {A simple derivation of the electromagnetic field of an arbitrarily moving charge}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4246}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3447204 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3447204 N2 - The expression for the electromagnetic field of a charge moving along an arbitrary trajectory is obtained in a direct, elegant, and Lorentz invariant manner without resorting to more complicated procedures such as differentiation of the Lienard-Wiechert potentials. The derivation uses arguments based on Lorentz invariance and a physically transparent expression originally due to J.J.Thomson for the field of a charge that experiences an impulsive acceleration. TI - A simple derivation of the electromagnetic field of an arbitrarily moving charge KW - charge KW - em KW - physics KW - relativity AU - Padmanabhan, Hamsa PY - 2008/Oct/23/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4246 ER -