Why do accelerating electrons not emit electromagnetic radiation

electromagnetic-radiationelectromagnetismelectronsphysical-chemistry

I've read at many places that accelerating charged particles emit electromagnetic radiation, but on this article on Bohr's hydrogen atom, at the end part, it's written under Limitations of the Bohr Model that:

The Bohr Model does not account for the fact that accelerating electrons do not emit electromagnetic radiation.

I'm getting confused, can anybody explain this?

Best Answer

It is a misfortunate (and possibly ungrammatical) phrasing. Under the headline Limitations of the Bohr model the linked article states that.

The Bohr Model does not account for the fact that accelerating electrons do not emit electromagnetic radiation.

What is meant is that electrons rotating around an atomic nucleus are accelerated, and therefore must radiate and lose their energy. However under the Bohr model they do not emit any radiation. Thus, this is a shortcoming of this model.

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