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kmarinas86
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A charge has a mass-energy equal to the mass of the charge times the speed of light squared. So wouldn't there be a time which a charge undergoes a sufficient amount of acceleration such that the energy of the total radiation it emits (according to the Larmor formula) over a long period of time exceeds its mass-energy? In space, it is far more likely a particle to emit more radiation into deep space than to absorb from it, so it's concievable that the amount of energy the charge radiates over time due to changes in acceleration can accumulate in net amounts over time.