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Re: [Phys-L] gravitational waves -- radiated power formula -- scaling laws

On Friday, April 1, 2016 7:22 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:



...the (radiated) power cannot depend on the time derivative of the > dipole moment, because two charges moving past each other in
uniform straight-line motion cannot possibly radiate.  

I would add some minor correction here. The two charges alone cannot move past each other in 
uniform straight-line motion. That would require some additional forces. Otherwise, the charges' motion under their own EM interaction is not "uniform straight-line", and they do radiate.  

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