Can we find EM radiation in charged particle's decays?

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Hello.

I was taught that a charge which changes its velocity must radiate (at least, in classical electrodynamics).

Let's consider a charged particle which decays into another charged particle (and, maybe, others neutral particles; but not photons). In this case, can we find electromagnetic radiation?

I found a particular example*,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung#Beta_decay
but I wonder if this a general feature of charged particle's decays.

If this question is already answered in this forum, just tell me, and I will delete this thread.

Thank you for your time :)

Greetings
*"The "inner" bremsstrahlung arises from the creation of the electron [...]"
PS: My mother language is not English, so I'll be glad if you correct any mistake.
 
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ORF said:
(at least, in classical electrodynamics).
In classical physics, indeed.
ORF said:
Let's consider a charged particle which decays into another charged particle (and, maybe, others neutral particles; but not photons). In this case, can we find electromagnetic radiation?
If you explicitely rule out photons as decay product, then we cannot find photons.

Bremsstrahlung is not a particle decay.
 
Hello.

Wikipedia's article says that exist "radiation from the creation of a charged particle". Maybe the first question I should have made is: can we find bremsstrahlung in charged particle's creations/annihilations?

mfb said:
then we cannot find photons.
I put the idea into the wrong words. Let's take one example: the beta-decay itself doesn't involve photons, but they appear as Bremsstrahlung.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsstrahlung#Beta_decay

My (reformulated) doubt is: every charged-to-charged particle's decay involve Bremsstrahlung?

Thank you for your patience and time :)

Greetings.
 
That can be called Bremsstrahlung as well, right. I thought of the process of electrons in matter in post 2.

ORF said:
every charged-to-charged particle's decay involve Bremsstrahlung?
At least not always in a way particle detectors could see it. Very low-energetic photons... could be.
 
Hello.

Ok, that was what I thought. Is there any book/link which explains this issue? I would like further information :)

Thank you for your time :)

Greetings.
 
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