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Unipolar components travelling at the speed of light in vacuo

Classical Physics 2012-02-28 v2

Abstract

We describe a physical situation where the time integral of the electric field of an electromagnetic wave packet is not zero. More specifically, the non-oscillating component of the Fourier spectrum, i.e. the component resulting from the Fourier transform of the electric field evaluated at ω=0\omega=0, can be associated with the area under a locally unipolar electromagnetic pulse that travels in free space at the speed of light.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0412038,
  title  = {Unipolar components travelling at the speed of light in vacuo},
  author = {C. Varin and M. Piché},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0412038},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

2 pages, withdrawn because it is probably incorrect