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On the Electric Field of a Moving Test Charge
Author(s) -
Yu M. Y.,
Stenflo L.,
Shukla P. K.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs007i012p01151
Subject(s) - electric field , test particle , physics , inverse , plasma , charge (physics) , electric charge , observer (physics) , charged particle , field (mathematics) , computational physics , quantum electrodynamics , classical mechanics , ion , mathematics , quantum mechanics , geometry , pure mathematics
The electric field at large distances from a moving test charge in a collisionless plasma is calculated. Significant differences from the well‐known inverse fourth‐power dependence of the electric field on the distance between the observer and the charged particle are obtained.