A time-domain exploration of how equivalent charge and radiation from thin wires might be related

One potential advantage of a time-domain (TD) model is the possibility it may offer for obtaining a better understanding of electromagnetic (EM) phenomena, including the physics of radiation. The article examines the time variation of the broadside far electric field radiated by an impulsively excited straight wire to determine whether, and how, that radiation might be related to the motion of equivalent charge on the wire, using the Lienard-Wiechert expression for the E-field as a reference. Basically, an old problem is being revisited and examined in more detail to see whether new insights might be achieved. One question to be considered, in particular, is whether such time-domain phenomena might shed any light on the question about whether straight-wire antennas radiate from anywhere else besides their ends and feedpoint.