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[edit] Things to delineate in or referred by the article

• Power Radiated by a Point Charge (explained here)
• Radiation Reaction
  • Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac formula for the radiation reaction of a point charge predicts unphysical motions that run away or violate causality.
  • Abraham-Lorentz theory of radiation reaction
    • classical damped oscillator
    • Scattering of radiation and dispersion (theory of the refractive index)
    • Covariant formulation of the conservation laws of electrodynamics
  • electromagnetic mass
  • Dirac's relativistic theory
• The Physical Basis of the Radiation Reaction
• Continous Charge Distributions
• The Energy of a Point Charge Distribution
• Moving Point Charges: Apparent Length Effects
• Electric and Magnetic Fields Due to Moving or Stationary Point Charges
• Point Charge Moving With Constant Velocity
• Accelarated Point Charge Appearing Instantaneously At Rest

J. D. Redding

[edit] External articles that could be readded

• "Multiple Point Charges". HyperPhysics.
• Richard Fitzpatrick, "Electric potential energy and electric potential; The electric potential of a point charge". Electromagnetism and Optics, non-calculus survey course.
• John Belcher, et. al., "Point Charge Repelled By A Charged Sphere". Experiments and Animations: Electrostatics.
• Robert G. Brown, "Electrostatic Potential: Potential of a Point Charge and Superposition". Philosophical Physics, Lecture Notes for Elementary Physics 42.
• Rodney Cole, et. al., Magnetic Field From a Moving Point Charge". ElectroCard, An Interactive Tutorial for Electromagnetism.
• Rodney Cole, et. al., Point Charge Field Lines". ElectroCard, An Interactive Tutorial for Electromagnetism.
• Omer Dushek, et. al., "The fields of a moving point charge: a new derivation from Jefimenko's equations". Eur. J. Phys. 25 343-350, 2004. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/3/001
• Adam Bednorz, "Massless charges without self-interaction". J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38 L667-L671, 2005. doi:10.1088/0305-4470/38/42/L01
• V. Hnizdo, "Potentials of a uniformly moving point charge in the Coulomb gauge". Eur. J. Phys. 25 351-360, 2004. doi:10.1088/0143-0807/25/3/002
• Michael Ibison, "A Massless Classical Electron". Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin. (PDF)

J. D. Redding 18:02, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Particle or Point Particle

Strait, Shall we add the word "point" before the word particle in the opening sentence.

In this sentence: "The fundamental equation of electrostatics is Coulomb's law, which describes the electric force between two point charges." It seems electric force should be electrostatic force. Do you agree? Bvcrist 22:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)