Schematic representation of field lines of electric field around a negative electric charge.

A static electric charge (grey small circle at the centre) generates electrostatic field (blue area). A sudden acceleration of the charge (dark blue small circle) creates an electromagnetic pulse (red ring) which radiates away into space at the speed of light. A charge moving at a constant velocity v generates electric and magnetic field attached with the charge (green area).

This drawing is based on: E.M. Purcell, D.J. Morin, Electricity and magnetism, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN 9781107014022

See also a drawing for deceleration of a charge:

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S. Zurek, Encyclopedia Magnetica, CC-BY-4.0


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