Radiation by an Accelerated Charge

β

0.523

The plot shows the power distribution of an accelerated charge. The acceleration is positive and along the

x

axis. The expression evaluated is the exact solution for a relativistic charge; you can control the velocity of the charge,

β=

v

c

, where

v

is the dimensional velocity and

c

is the speed of light. The gray line is the direction of maximum power.