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A bounded source cannot emit a unipolar electromagnetic wave

Classical Physics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We show that a bounded source cannot produce a unipolar electromagnetic pulse. As a consequence, there are no three-dimensional electromagnetic solitons in vacuum.

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0003064,
  title  = {A bounded source cannot emit a unipolar electromagnetic wave},
  author = {Kwang-Je Kim and Kirk T. McDonald and Gennady V. Stupakov and Max S. Zolotorev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0003064},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

v2 adds one reference: thanks to Evgueni Bessonov