Problematic solutions to the Landau-Lifshitz equation
| dc.creator | Baylis, W. E. | |
| dc.creator | Huschilt, J. | |
| dc.date | 2002-04-19 | |
| dc.date | 2002-04-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:47:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:47:28Z | |
| dc.description | A critical look at the Landau-Lifshitz equation, which has been recently advocated as an "exact" relativistic classical equation for the motion of a point charge with radiation reaction, demonstrates that it generally does not conserve energy-momentum. Its failure is dramatic in the one-dimensional case of a stepped electric field, where it predicts discontinuous velocity and thus infinite radiation. The Lorentz-Dirac equation, on the other hand, in spite of its preacceleration over distances comparable to the classical electron radius, does not display such problems. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 1 figure | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204061 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0204061 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/84667 | |
| dc.subject | Classical Physics | |
| dc.title | Problematic solutions to the Landau-Lifshitz equation | |
| dc.type | text |