ENERGY OF ELECTRIC CHARGE RADIATION AND ITS EFFECTS

Abstract

It is believed that an electric charge moving along a circular path, i.e. with centripetal acceleration, it is necessary to emit electromagnetic waves. This applies, inter alia, to cyclotron radiation. The purpose of the work is to establish the conditions for the radiation of an electric charge, based on the significant differences between its tangential and centripetal accelerations. The relevance of the work is determined by the widespread use of devices that generate electromagnetic radiation due to the acceleration of electric charges, including X-ray units and magnetrons. The starting point is a credible statement. A number of mathematically correct transformations are performed with it. Therefore, the result is necessarily reliable. Sad experience shows that this logic is not available for many specialists. In the event that such a necessary reliable result contradicts the existing paradigm, preference is almost always given to the paradigm, regardless of the persuasiveness of the evidence. This circumstance is an almost insurmountable obstacle to obtaining new knowledge. After all, if it does not contradict the paradigm, then it is not new and does not represent any value. Electromagnetic radiation carries away energy. It follows from this that the energy of the radiating system changes during radiation. Associated with this is the well-known rule: the change in energy is equal to the perfect work. Four theorems are proved. Theorem 1. A tangentially accelerated charge emits electromagnetic waves. Theorem 2. A normally accelerated charge does not emit electromagnetic waves. Theorem 2 formalizes a circumstance well-known in mechanics that the centripetal force does not perform work (since the scalar product of orthogonal vectors must be zero). Theorem 3. Electric charge satisfies Newton's second law. When a hydrogen-like atom passes from one stationary state to another, the orbital angular momentum changes. The difference is attributed to a photon and is called the photon's spin. Theorem 4. The spin of a photon is zero. The defect in the angular momentum of an atom during radiation can easily be attributed to the nucleus of an atom and even to an electron.