• DocumentCode
    3065320
  • Title

    Poynting vector of a uniformly moving point charge

  • Author

    Giles, Sammie, Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., Tuskegee Univ., Tuskegee, AL
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    15-17 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    The covariant nature of electromagnetic fields is a well-known phenomenon. The Poynting Theorem predicts radiation to infinity of electromagnetic power for accelerating charges. The weaker Poynting fields of non-accelerating charges are not as well studied. Using linear coordinate transformations, the power density flux of a uniformly moving point charge is examined. In the frame of the moving charge, this quantity is necessarily zero. In the non-moving inertial system of the observer, the implications of the power balance on radiation, storage, and dissipation are discussed from the point of view that no outward radiation toward infinity occurs.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic waves; Poynting theorem; Poynting vector; accelerating charges; electromagnetic fields; electromagnetic power; inertial system; linear coordinate transformations; power density flux; uniformly moving point charge; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Energy conversion; Energy storage; Equations; Extraterrestrial phenomena; H infinity control; Magnetic fields; Space charge; Tensile stress; Classical EM Fields; Energy Conversion; Lorentz Transformations; Power Density Flow; Radiating Systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Theory, 2009. SSST 2009. 41st Southeastern Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Tullahoma, TN
  • ISSN
    0094-2898
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3324-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0094-2898
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SSST.2009.4806849
  • Filename
    4806849