Interference in the radiation of two pointlike charges
- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, 1 Svientsitskii St., 79011 Lviv (Ukraine)
Energy-momentum and angular momentum carried by electromagnetic field of two pointlike charged particles arbitrarily moving in flat space-time are presented. Apart from usual contributions to the Noether quantities produced separately by particles 1 and 2, the conservation laws contain also joint contribution due to the fields of both particles. The mixed part of Maxwell energy-momentum density is decomposed into bound and radiative components which are separately conserved off the world lines of particles. The former describes the deformation of electromagnetic clouds of ''bare'' charges due to mutual interaction while the latter defines the radiation which escapes to infinity. The bound terms contribute to particles' individual 4-momenta while the radiative ones exert the radiation reaction. Analysis of energy-momentum and angular momentum balance equations results the Lorentz-Dirac equation as an equation of motion for a pointed charge under the influence of its own electromagnetic field as well as field produced by another charge.
- OSTI ID:
- 21294451
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 11; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3250149; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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