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On retardation, radiation and Li\'enard-Wiechert type potentials in electrodynamics and elastodynamics

Classical Physics 2013-06-03 v1 Materials Science Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate the fundamental problems of retardation and radiation caused by non-uniformly moving point sources using the theories of electrodynamics and elastodynamics. This paper investigates and compares the retarded electromagnetic fields and the retarded elastodynamic fields. For the non-uniform motion of a general point source, the Li\'enard-Wiechert type potentials and the radiation and nonradiation fields are derived for a point charge and for a point force.

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@article{arxiv.1305.7079,
  title  = {On retardation, radiation and Li\'enard-Wiechert type potentials in electrodynamics and elastodynamics},
  author = {Markus Lazar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.7079},
  year   = {2013}
}

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20 pages, to appear in: Wave Motion