In electrodynamics, the Larmor formula is used to calculate the total power radiated by a nonrelativistic point charge as it accelerates. It was first...

Sir Joseph Larmor FRS FRSE (11 July 1857 – 19 May 1942) was an Irish and British physicist and mathematician who made breakthroughs in the understanding...

formula can be derived from Maxwell's equations using the technique of the retarded potential. It allows, for example, the derivation of the Larmor formula...

of the emitted radiation. In fact the formula above for radiation force can be derived from the Larmor formula, as shown below. The Abraham–Lorentz force...

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accelerating charges will not emit electromagnetic radiation. According to the Larmor formula in classical electromagnetism, a single point charge under acceleration...

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situation. However, this formula still provides a good approximation for long thin conductors such as wires. Another situation this formula is not exact for is...

{\displaystyle \mathbf {E(r)} =-\nabla \varphi \mathbf {(r)} .} From this formula it is clear that E can be expressed in V/m (volts per meter). A changing...

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