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While linear accelerating an electron, with direction of acceleration being the ##z+## axis of the spherical coordinates, its radiation in angular distribution form is(according to this tutorial: http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/em/lectures/node132.html)
##\frac{dP(t')}{d\Omega} = \frac{e^2\dot{u}}{16\pi^2\epsilon_0c^3}\frac{sin^2\theta}{[1-(u/c)cos\theta]^5}##
where ##t'## is retarded time, ##\theta## is the polar angle of measuring point in current spherical coordinate, ##u## is the value of velocity, ##\dot{u}## is the value of acceleration.
By differentiating wrt ##cos\theta## I can verify equation (1662) in the tutorial saying that
##\theta_{max} = arccos [\frac{1}{3(u/c)}(\sqrt{1+15u^2/c^2} - 1)]##
is the angle of maximum radiation.
However I don't get why taking ##u/c \rightarrow 1## results in ##\theta_{max} \rightarrow 1/(2\gamma)## where ##\gamma## should be ##\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-u^2/c^2}}##.
It seems quite straight forward for me to get just ##\theta_{max} \rightarrow arccos(1) \, = \, 0## as ##u/c \rightarrow 1##.
Where did I go wrong?
Any help is appreciated :)
##\frac{dP(t')}{d\Omega} = \frac{e^2\dot{u}}{16\pi^2\epsilon_0c^3}\frac{sin^2\theta}{[1-(u/c)cos\theta]^5}##
where ##t'## is retarded time, ##\theta## is the polar angle of measuring point in current spherical coordinate, ##u## is the value of velocity, ##\dot{u}## is the value of acceleration.
By differentiating wrt ##cos\theta## I can verify equation (1662) in the tutorial saying that
##\theta_{max} = arccos [\frac{1}{3(u/c)}(\sqrt{1+15u^2/c^2} - 1)]##
is the angle of maximum radiation.
However I don't get why taking ##u/c \rightarrow 1## results in ##\theta_{max} \rightarrow 1/(2\gamma)## where ##\gamma## should be ##\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-u^2/c^2}}##.
It seems quite straight forward for me to get just ##\theta_{max} \rightarrow arccos(1) \, = \, 0## as ##u/c \rightarrow 1##.
Where did I go wrong?
Any help is appreciated :)