The elementary sources of multipole radiation
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 12 (2) , 245-255
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/12/2/013
Abstract
Starting from decomposition theorems for arbitrary vector fields, the elementary point sources generating pure multipole radiation are found.Keywords
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