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The radiation of a uniformly accelerated charge is beyond the horizon: a simple derivation

Camila de Almeida, Alberto Saa

physics.class-pharXiv:physics/0506049

Abstract

We show, by exploring some elementary consequences of the covariance of Maxwell's equations under general coordinate transformations, that, despite inertial observers can indeed detect electromagnetic radiation emitted from a uniformly accelerated charge, comoving observers will see only a static electric field. This simple analysis can help understanding one of the most celebrated paradoxes of last century.

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