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Hyperbolic Motion Radiation: Unresolved Field Singularities at Infinity Challenge Standard Rindler Analyses

Hyperbolic Motion Radiation: Unresolved Field Singularities at Infinity Challenge Standard Rindler Analyses

Preprint analyzes radiation paradoxes in hyperbolic motion via field transformations at infinity, revealing gaps in prior Rindler treatments; draws on classical EM debates but lacks empirical data.

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This arXiv preprint (not peer-reviewed) examines electromagnetic radiation from charges undergoing hyperbolic motion, focusing on field behavior and coordinate transformations as one approaches null infinity. The work employs analytic solutions to Maxwell's equations in Minkowski spacetime with Rindler-like coordinates, without numerical simulations or empirical samples, highlighting limitations such as idealized point charges and neglect of quantum backreaction effects. It identifies that standard treatments overlook how certain field components transform non-trivially at asymptotic boundaries, potentially altering perceived radiation patterns. This connects to longstanding debates in classical electrodynamics, including the 1960s analyses by Fulton and Rohrlich on whether uniformly accelerated charges radiate, and extends patterns seen in the Unruh effect literature where observers in accelerated frames detect thermal radiation. The original coverage underplays inconsistencies with asymptotic flatness assumptions in general relativity contexts, such as those in Bondi-Sachs coordinates. Related work includes the 1992 paper by Parrott on radiation reaction (Foundations of Physics) and a 2018 review in Living Reviews in Relativity on accelerated observers, both underscoring that coordinate choices at infinity can mask or fabricate energy flux. Limitations persist: no experimental validation possible for macroscopic hyperbolic trajectories, and results hinge on classical approximations.

⚡ Prediction

Relativity theorist: Asymptotic coordinate effects may require rederiving radiation reaction forces, altering predictions for detectors in extreme acceleration.

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    Primary Source(https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.26139)
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    Related Source(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00669942)
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    Related Source(https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.025004)