Standard Trajectories shows the five standard trajectories of a moving point charge: Bremsstrahlung, SHO x and SHO y, constant velocity in one direction and a constant acceleration in the other, Wiggler x and Wiggler y, and Synchrotron.
Watch the animations, varying the velocity and sudden change in velocity of the point charge. The animation takes one time step to calculate the proper field vectors and field lines for the point charge.
~~1. Describe the electric field vectors and magnetic field lines in the xy plane of each simulation.
~~2. The draw the electric field lines from the electric field vectors in the xy plane. What do you notice about these lines during the animation?
~~3. Qualitatively, is there radiation during the animations? If so, when? If there is radiation, does any reach positive x infinity?