Exact Solution of the Landau-Lifshitz Equations for a Radiating Charged Particle in The Coulomb Potential

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We solve exactly the classical non-relativistic Landau-Lifshitz equations of motion for a charged particle moving in a Coulomb potential, including radiation damping.

• The general solution involves the Painleve transcendent of type II.
• It confirms our physical intuition that a negatively charged classical particle will spiral into the nucleus, supporting the the validity of the Landau-Lifshitz equation.