Radiation from a Uniformly Accelerated Charge and the Equivalence Principle

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 407-440

  Parrott, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence principle; Radiation; Uniformly accelerated charge

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036288872     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014861329235     Document Type: Article

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