B4.21
Part II, 2002
Derive Larmor's formula for the rate at which radiation is produced by a particle of charge moving along a trajectory .
A non-relativistic particle of mass , charge and energy is incident along a radial line in a central potential . The potential is vanishingly small for very large, but increases without bound as . Show that the total amount of energy radiated by the particle is
where .
Suppose that is the Coulomb potential . Evaluate .