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RADIATION: MATHEMATICAL RELATION TO THE SOURCE

Any Maxwell field $F_{\mu\nu}$ can be obtained from a single Klein-Gordon scalar field $\psi$, a solution to the scalar wave Eq.(5). This is done with the help of the T.E. and T.M. tables of derivatives. Similarly, any K-G field $\psi$ can be obtained from the source function $S$. This is done with the help of the unit impulse response $\mathcal G$ (Green's function), the solution to

\begin{displaymath}
\left(
-\frac{\partial ^2}{\partial t^2} +
\frac{\partial^...
...-t')\delta(z-z') \frac{\delta(r-r')}{r}
\delta(\theta-\theta')
\end{displaymath} (34)

In terms of $\mathcal G$ the solution to the inhomogeneous wave equation, Eq.(27) is
$\displaystyle \psi(t,z,r,\theta)$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle \int_{-\infty}^\infty \int_0^\infty \int_0^\infty \int_0^{2\pi}
{...
...au',\xi',r',\theta')
~4\pi S(t',z',r',\theta')~~dt'\, dz'\, r' dr'\, d\theta'~,$ (35)

Here $S$ is the scalar source, which is non-zero only in Rindler sectors $I$ and $II$.



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Ulrich Gerlach 2001-10-09