Electromagnetic radiation due to nonlinear oscillations of a charged drop

Abstract

The nonlinear oscillations of a spherical charged drop are asymptotically analyzed under the conditions of a multimode initial deformation of its equilibrium shape. It is found that if the spectrum of initially excited modes contains two adjacent modes, the translation mode of oscillations is excited among others. In this case, the center of the drop’s charge oscillates about the equilibrium position, generating a dipole electromagnetic radiation. It is shown that the intensity of this radiation is many orders of magnitude higher than the intensity of the drop’s radiation, which arises in calculations of the first order of smallness and is related to the drop’s charged surface oscillations.