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ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION

IN POTENTIAL HOLE

OF SOMMERFELD SPHERE

IN CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS:

INSIDE THE HOLE

Alexander A. Vlasov

High Energy and Quantum Theory

Department of Physics

Moscow State University

Moscow, 119899

Russia

Equation of motion of Sommerfeld sphere in the one-dimensional potential hole, produced by two equal charges on some distance from each other, is numerically investigated. Two types of solutions are found: (i) damping oscillations, (ii) oscillations without damping (radiationless motion). Solutions with growing amplitude (”climbing-up-the-wall solution”) for chosen initial conditions were not founded.

03.50.De Here we continue our numerical investigation of one-dimensional motion of Sommerfeld sphere with total charge $`Q`$, mechanical mass $`m`$ and radius $`a`$ .

We consider the one dimensional motion in the symmetrical potential hole, produced by Coulomb fields of two equal point charges $`q`$ at distance $`2D`$ apart them (Coulomb field has one important property - it generates the force, acting on the uniformly charged sphere, of the same value as if the charge of sphere was concentrated at its center).

For dimensionless variables $`y=R/2a,x=ct/2a,d=D/2a`$ the equation of motion of the sphere is

$$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\left(1(\frac{dy}{dx})^2\right)^{3/2}k$$

$$\left[\underset{x^{}}{\overset{x^+}{}}𝑑z\frac{z1}{L^2}+\mathrm{ln}\frac{L^+}{L^{}}+(\frac{1}{\beta ^2}1)\mathrm{ln}\frac{1+\beta }{1\beta }\frac{2}{\beta }+\frac{M}{(y+d)^2}\frac{M}{(dy)^2}\right]$$
$`(1)`$   
here $`M=q/Q`$ ,

$$x^\pm =1\pm L^\pm ,L^\pm =y(x)y(xx^\pm ),L=y(x)y(xz),$$

$$\beta =dy/dx,k=\frac{Q^2}{2mc^2a}.$$

Later on we take $`k=1`$.

It is useful to compare solutions of (1) with point charge motion in the same field, governed by the following relativistic equation without radiation force:

$$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\left(1(\frac{dy}{dx})^2\right)^{3/2}k\left[+\frac{M}{(y+d)^2}\frac{M}{(dy)^2}\right]$$
$`(2)`$   
A.

For chosen initial conditions we have found two types of solutions of eq. (1):

(i) damping oscillations,

(ii) oscillations without damping (radiationless motion).

Existence of radiationless solutions for Sommerfeld model was discovered long time ago by Schott . In our case this type of solutions one can easily obtain from weak-velocity approximation for eq.(1), when $`dy/dx1,yd`$ and eq.(1) takes the form

$$\frac{d^2y}{dx^2}=w^2y+\frac{4k}{3}\left[\frac{d}{dx}y(x1)\frac{d}{dx}y(x)\right]$$
$`(3)`$   
here $`w^2=4kM/d^3,`$

with solution

$$y(x)=A\mathrm{cos}(wx)$$

for $`w=2\pi n,n=\pm 1,2,\mathrm{}.`$

Solutions with growing amplitude (”climbing-up-the-wall solution”) for chosen initial conditions:

$$\frac{dy}{dx}=0forx0$$

were not founded for wide range of values of $`y(x=0),M,d`$.

Later on we’ll try to search for exotic solutions of Sommerfeld sphere motion taking another type of initial conditions.

I am glad to thank my colleagues:

P.A.Polyakov - for theoretical discussions;

V.A.Iljina and P.K.Silaev - for assistance rendered during numerical calculations.

REFERENCES

1. Alexander A.Vlasov, physics/9901051.
2. G.A. Schott, Phil.Mag. 15, 752(1933).