Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge

TL;DR

This paper proposes a new perspective on radiation from uniformly accelerated charges, suggesting radiation arises from the curvature of the electric field and the work done against stress forces, resolving the energy balance paradox.

Contribution

It introduces a novel explanation for radiation from accelerated charges based on electric field curvature and stress forces, challenging standard interpretations.

Findings

Radiation is linked to electric field curvature rather than relative acceleration.

Work against stress forces in the electric field accounts for the radiation energy.

The approach resolves the energy balance paradox in radiation theory.

Abstract

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.