Larmor formula
Fórmula de Larmor
- Date
- 1897 · confidence high
- Place
- Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Joseph Larmor
- Field
- Cosmos & Earth
What was discovered
Calculates the total power radiated as electromagnetic waves by a non-relativistic point charge as it accelerates, laying the classical foundations of electromagnetic radiation.
What it led to
- Explanation of radiative braking in particle accelerators and synchrotrons
- Basis for studying the classical instability of the Rutherford atom
- Later relativistic generalisation through the Liénard formula