Abstract
The plane-wave electromagnetic fields for a kicked sheet of charge are found and then compared with the fields obtained by superimposing the radiation fields of the individual charges in the plane. Unlike the case of the oscillating sheet of charge discussed in The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I [R. P. Feynman et al. (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1963)], the plane-wave fields of the kicked sheet differ from the fields obtained by superposition of the individual radiation fields. The resolution of this problem requires consideration of relativistic effects even though the velocity of the sheet after the kick may be as small as desired. The relation between the solution for the kicked sheet and solution for the oscillating sheet is discussed, and it is shown how the two solutions are consistent if all contributions to the fields are taken into account.
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