Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge and the Equivalence Principle

2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147676We argue that purely local experiments can distinguish a stationary charged particle in a static gravitational field from an accelerated particle in (gravity-free) Minkowski space. Some common arguments to the contrary are analyzed and found to rest on a misidentification of ``energy''.LaTeX, 31 pages, 2 figures (also in LaTeX). Appendix 4, discussing subsequent work of others, has been rewritten. To appear in Foundations of PhysicsGeneral Relativity and Quantum CosmologyAstrophysicsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyHigh Energy Physics - TheoryRadiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge and the Equivalence Principletext