TY - JOUR
T1 - Head-on collision of ultrarelativistic charges
AU - Aichelburg, Peter Christian
AU - Balasin, Herbert
AU - Kerber, Michael
N1 - Affiliations: Inst. für Theoretische Physik, Universität Wien, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Wien, Austria; Inst. für Theoretische Physik, TU-Wien, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Wien, Austria
Adressen: Aichelburg, P.C.; Inst. für Theoretische Physik; Universität Wien; Boltzmanngasse 5 1090 Wien, Austria; email: [email protected]
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PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - We consider the head-on collision of two oppositely charged point particles moving at the speed of light. Starting from the field of a single charge we derive in a first step the field generated by a uniformly accelerated charge in the limit of infinite acceleration. From this we then calculate explicitly the burst of radiation emitted from the head-on collision of two charges and discuss its distributional structure. The motivation for our investigation comes from the corresponding gravitational situation where the head-on collision of two ultrarelativistic particles (black holes) has recently aroused renewed interest.
AB - We consider the head-on collision of two oppositely charged point particles moving at the speed of light. Starting from the field of a single charge we derive in a first step the field generated by a uniformly accelerated charge in the limit of infinite acceleration. From this we then calculate explicitly the burst of radiation emitted from the head-on collision of two charges and discuss its distributional structure. The motivation for our investigation comes from the corresponding gravitational situation where the head-on collision of two ultrarelativistic particles (black holes) has recently aroused renewed interest.
U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/21/3/001
DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/21/3/001
M3 - Article
SN - 0264-9381
VL - 21
JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity
JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity
IS - 3
ER -