Electrodynamics of hyperbolically accelerated charges. I: The electromagnetic field of a charged particle with hyperbolic motion (Q5938524)

The three questions regarding the hyperbolically moving charge, to be answered in the series of articles under review, are formulated. These are the question 1) whether a hyperbolically accelerated charge emits radiation, 2) whether a charge falling freely in a gravitational field emits radiation, and 3) whether the principle of equivalence is valid for the situations in 1) and 2). The history of the hyperbolic motion research regarding these questions from 1909 until now is presented. The electromagnetic field and the Poynting vector of a hyperbolically moving charge are derived in the way developed by \textit{G. A. Schott} [Electromagnetic radiation, p. 63, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge (1912)]. \textit{H. Bondi} and \textit{T. Gold} [Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 229, 416-424 (1955; Zbl 0065.20701)] proposed their modification of the Schott field which satisfies the Maxwell equations. The motion with non-uniform acceleration (an example of which is the field of a charge that enters the homogeneous electric field that accelerates it) was also studied, and it appears to be the Bondi-Gold field inside some sphere and the Coulomb field outside of it (this is caused by the fact that the information cannot propagate with an infinite speed). For Parts II, III, see ibid. 286, 343-372, 373-399 (2000; Zbl 0983.78009 and Zbl 0983.78010) below.