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I'm studying the problem of the radiation of an uniformly accelerated point charge:

$$x^{\mu}(\lambda)\to(g^{-1}\sinh g\lambda,0,0,g^{-1}\cosh g\lambda)$$

I found that when a point charge is moving along the $z$ axis with a constant acceleration $g$, the components of the 4-potential can be found using Rindler coordinates:

$$z=Z\cosh g\tau, \qquad t=Z\sinh g\tau \qquad \mathrm{I} $$ $$z=Z\sinh g\tau, \qquad t=Z\cosh g\tau \qquad \mathrm{II} $$ $$z=-Z\cosh g\tau, \qquad t=-Z\sinh g\tau \qquad \mathrm{III} $$ $$z=-Z\sinh g\tau, \qquad t=-Z\cosh g\tau \qquad \mathrm{IV} $$

with the metric

$$ds^{2}=\epsilon(-g^{2}Z{}^{2}\, d\tau^{2}+dZ^{2})+dx^{2}+dy^{2}$$

where $\epsilon=+1$ in regions I and III, and $\epsilon=-1$ in regions II and IV. And the numbers indicate the space-time region: enter image description here

Now, I understand that the potentials obtained with the Rindler coordinates must be equivalent to the Liénard-Wiechert potential, because the change of coordinates (Minkowski->Rindler) is equivalent to change from an inertial frame of reference to an accelerated one. The problem is, the article

Radiation from a uniformly accelerated charge. D G Boulware. Ann. Phys. 124 no.1 (1980), pp. 169–188. Available on CiteSeerX

finds that the components of the 4-potential (Rindler coordinates) are:

$$A_{\tau}=-\frac{eg}{4\pi}\frac{\epsilon Z^{2}+\rho^{2}+g^{-2}}{\left[\left(\epsilon Z^{2}+\rho^{2}+g^{-2}\right)^{2}-4 \epsilon Z^{2}g^{-2}\right]^{1/2}}$$

where $\rho^{2}:=x^{2}+y^{2}$. $A_x=A_y=0$, and

$$A_{Z}=-\frac{e}{4\pi Z}$$

In regions I and II.

My question is: How can I conclude that this components are actually equivalent to the components of the Liénard-Wiechert potential?

Emilio Pisanty
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