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Question:

Out of the following options which one can be used to produce a propagating electromagnetic wave?

A charge moving at constant velocity

An accelerating charge

A stationary charge

A chargeless particle

Solution:

Accelerating charge particles are used as a source to generate electromagnetic waves. A stationary charge produces an electric field, but no magnetic field. A charge moving at a constant velocity produces both an electric and a magnetic field, but these fields do not change with time and thus do not constitute a propagating electromagnetic wave. Only an accelerating charge produces time-varying electric and magnetic fields that propagate outward as an electromagnetic wave.