Shake a magnet fast enough, would i create light?

[skywolf]

if i were to shake a magnet fast enough, would i create light?,
and if so which direction would i need to shake it?

away then towards, up and down or sideways?

 

[Tide]

Move it as slowly as you like and you will create an electromagnetic disturbance - i.e. light. It will propagate in all directions approximately with a dipole distribution.

 

[DaTario]

but every time you produce constant velocity state, the radiation pattern will turn off.

Best regards

DaTario

 

[Tide]

but every time you produce constant velocity state, the radiation pattern will turn off.

Best regards

DaTario

Quite correct! I used the word "move" in the context of the OPs term "shake" which implies acceleration.

 

[skywolf]

since I am making light, does that mean that by moving it I am losing energy?
if so, is it kinda like a (very) slight resistance?

 

[pmb_phy]

if i were to shake a magnet fast enough, would i create light?

You will create an electromagnetic wave when you oscillate the magnet. Light is an electromagnetic wave within a certain frequency spectrum so you'd have to oscillate it at a really high rate and vibrating it that fast would make it fall apart before the frequency reaches light frequency.

.and if so which direction would i need to shake it?

Any direction. Different directions of shakikng will give you different radiation patterns.

since I am making light, does that mean that by moving it I am losing energy?

Yes.

if so, is it kinda like a (very) slight resistance?

Yes. Its called a "radiation reaction". Its a "self-force" exerted by the magnet on the magnet. Same thing happens with charges when you accelerate them.

Pete

 

[pallidin]

Yes. Its called a "radiation reaction". Its a "self-force" exerted by the magnet on the magnet. Same thing happens with charges when you accelerate them.

Pete

Self-Force? Would this imply that an accelerated magnet nominally resists further acceleration due to this phenomenon?

 

[pmb_phy]

Self-Force? Would this imply that an accelerated magnet nominally resists further acceleration due to this phenomenon?

Yes but not by a significant amount.

Pete

 

[pallidin]

Yes but not by a significant amount.

Pete

Thank you. I think I understand it(perhaps a form of self-inductance that resists continuation of the acceleration) yet am somehow fascinated by it. If you or anyone could point me towards specific literature on the subject I would be grateful.

 

[pmb_phy]

Thank you. I think I understand it(perhaps a form of self-inductance that resists continuation of the acceleration) yet am somehow fascinated by it. If you or anyone could point me towards specific literature on the subject I would be grateful.

See Classical Electrodynamics - 3rd Ed., D.D. Jackson, page Chapter 10. Most of the first part of this chapter deals with accelerating a charged particle and the extra force required to do so due to the creation and emission of radiation and its energy. Same idea that you're intersted in except Jackson addresses an accelerating charge rather than an accelerating magnetic. The ideas are the same. This phenomena is called the Radiation Reaction or Radiation Dampening.

Pete

 

[pallidin]

See Classical Electrodynamics - 3rd Ed., D.D. Jackson, page Chapter 10. Most of the first part of this chapter deals with accelerating a charged particle and the extra force required to do so due to the creation and emission of radiation and its energy. Same idea that you're intersted in except Jackson addresses an accelerating charge rather than an accelerating magnetic. The ideas are the same. This phenomena is called the Radiation Reaction or Radiation Dampening.

Pete

Much appreciated. I have a very serious question. Please consider the following scenario:

Experiment: "Center of Mass Displacement due to the Radiation Reaction Phenomenon"

I set up two experimental scenarios. In the first, I have two precisely equal non-magnetic masses which are close together then separated by an accelerating force. In this scenario, the center of mass does not shift. This is my "control"

In the second, and separate scenario, I have replaced one of the "precisely equal" non-magnetic masses with a comparable mass consisting entirely of, say, a Grade40 neodymium magnet. Then, I separate the NIB mass and the non-magnetic mass by some rapid, accelerating force.

Under the pretense of "Radiation Reaction", the NIB mass will resist movement slightly more so than the non-magnetic mass, resulting in an end result being a vector-shifting of the center of mass of that "system"

Pete, is my conceptual experiment correct?

 

[pmb_phy]

Much appreciated. I have a very serious question. Please consider the following scenario:

Experiment: "Center of Mass Displacement due to the Radiation Reaction Phenomenon"

I set up two experimental scenarios. In the first, I have two precisely equal non-magnetic masses which are close together then separated by an accelerating force. In this scenario, the center of mass does not shift. This is my "control".

Sounds okay so far.

In the second, and separate scenario, I have replaced one of the "precisely equal" non-magnetic masses with a comparable mass consisting entirely of, say, a Grade40 neodymium magnet. Then, I separate the NIB mass and the non-magnetic mass by some rapid, accelerating force.

Under the pretense of "Radiation Reaction", the NIB mass will resist movement slightly more so than the non-magnetic mass, resulting in an end result being a vector-shifting of the center of mass of that "system"

Pete, is my conceptual experiment correct?

Any experiment is a correct experiement. Its the analysis that can be correct/incorrect. In your analysis you seem to think that the center of mass of the entire system has changed. It has not. You have neglected to take into account the mass of the radiation into account. When all mass of a closed system is taken into account then the center of mass of that system is conserved.

Pete

 

[pallidin]

Ah, thanks. I understand now.