John Lighton Synge
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A charged particle is acted on by plane waves of electromagnetic radiation, in general not monochromatic. In the absence of radiation damping, the relativistic equations of motion are solved exactly by quadratures. Radiation damping is then treated as perturbation.
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A charged particle is acted on by plane waves of electromagnetic radiation, in general not monochromatic. In the absence of radiation damping, the relativistic equations of motion are solved exactly by quadratures. Radiation damping is then treated as perturbation.
Key concepts: Physics, Monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave, Electromagnetic radiation, Charged particle, Transition radiation, Radiation, Plane wave, Particle radiation