Boosted uniform line charge

ID: boosted-uniform-line-charge

An infinite uniform line with proper charge per unit length moving axially at speed has Lorentz-contracted density and current . Transverse distance is unchanged by the boost. The rest electric field transforms into and . This equals the magnetic field from Ampère's law. The formulas concern a uniform stationary current pattern, not an accelerating finite filament's radiation.

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