{"id":296406,"date":"2016-10-17T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?guid=15a57b4352e126910a7192c973e671e5"},"modified":"2016-10-17T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T23:00:00","slug":"visualizing-dipole-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/?p=296406","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing dipole radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hertzian dipole is fundamental to the understanding of dipole radiation. It provides basic<br \/>\ninsights into the genesis of electromagnetic waves and lays the groundwork for an understanding of<br \/>\nhalf-wave antennae and other types. Equations for the electric and magnetic fields of such a dipole<br \/>\ncan be derived mathematically. However these are very abstract descriptions. Interpreting these<br \/>\nequations and understanding travelling electromagnetic waves are highly limited in that sense.<br \/>\nVisualizations can be a valuable supplement that vividly present properties of electromagnetic<br \/>\nfields and their propagation. The computer simulation presented below provides additional<br \/>\ninstructive illustrations for university lectures on electrodynamics, broadening the experience well<br \/>\nbeyond what is possible with abstract equations. This paper refers to a multimedia program for PCs,<br \/>\ntablets and smartphones, and introduces and discusses several animated illustrations. Special<br \/>\nfeatures of multiple represe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hertzian dipole is fundamental to the understanding of dipole radiation. It provides basic<br \/>\ninsights into the genesis of electromagnetic waves and lays the groundwork for an understanding of<br \/>\nhalf-wave antennae and other types. Equations for the el&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-296406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-rss-fuusikaharidus","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fyysika.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}