$\int\limits_{0}^{2\pi}[\int\limits_{0}^{\pi}\sin^3\theta \cos^2\{r(\sin \theta \sin \alpha\cos \phi+\cos \theta\cos \alpha)+c\}d\theta] d \phi$ Could you tell me how to compute the following definite integration?
$$\int\limits_{\phi=0}^{\phi=2\pi}\int\limits_{\theta=0}^{\theta=\pi}\sin^3\theta \cos^2\{r(\sin \theta \sin \alpha\cos \phi+\cos \theta\cos \alpha)+c\} \, d\theta \, d \phi$$ for $0 \leq \alpha\leq \pi$, $c\in \mathbb{R}$, and $r>0$.
I tried using Mathematica, but it didn't show me the answer.
This is the two non-relativistic radiating charges' energy loss power calculated from the surface integration of Poynting vector's radial component on the infinite sized sphere. From the energy conservation, as I know the electrons' lost energy from direct dissipation calculation, I know the answer when $c=0$. But, I can't compute the above integration
 A: Let's break this down into something simpler. Using the addition formula for cosine, we have that
$$\cos(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi+r\cos\theta\cos\alpha+c)\\=\cos(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\cos(r\cos\theta\cos\alpha+c)\\-\sin(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\sin(r\cos\theta\cos\alpha+c)$$
When we integrate this from $\phi=0$ to $2\pi$, we can see that the second term vanishes because $\sin$ is an odd function and $\cos(\phi)=-\cos(\pi-\phi)$. Thus, you may consider the simpler integral of
$$\sin^3(\theta)\cos(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\cos(r\cos\theta\cos\alpha+c)$$
from $\theta=0$ to $\pi$ and $\phi=0$ to $2\pi$. Now we may make use of some symmetry to say that this integral is equal to half the value of the integral of
$$\sin^3(\theta)\cos(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\cos(r\cos\theta\cos\alpha+c)\\+\sin^3(\pi-\theta)\cos(r\sin(\pi-\theta)\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\cos(r\cos(\pi-\theta)\cos\alpha+c)$$
Using the fact that $\sin(\pi-\theta)=\sin(\theta)$ and that $\cos(\pi-\theta)=-\cos(\theta)$, and the fact that $\cos(a+b)+\cos(a-b)=2\cos(a)\cos(b)$, the integral you seek is equal to the integral of
$$\sin^3(\theta)\cos(r\sin\theta\sin\alpha\cos\phi)\cos(r\cos\theta\cos\alpha)\cos(c)$$
Which is a little simpler than the integral that you presented; it at least allows you to remove the constant $c$ by factoring out $\cos(c)$.

A nice closed form of this integral seems unlikely. From the simpler form that I obtained, you might try using this series representation of the integrand:
$$\cos(c)\sum_{m,n=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{m+n}r^{2m+2n}\sin^m(\alpha)\cos^n(\alpha)\sin^{m+3}(\theta)\cos^n(\theta)\cos^m(\phi)}{(2m)!(2n)!}$$
Integrating this from $\phi=0$ to $2\pi$ causes the terms with odd $m$ to vanish, leaving the series
$$2\pi \cos(c)\sum_{m,n=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^{n}r^{4m+2n}\sin^{2m}(\alpha)\cos^n(\alpha)\sin^{2m+3}(\theta)\cos^n(\theta)(2m-1)!!}{2^m m!(4m)!(2n)!}$$
Integrating again from $\theta=0$ to $\pi$ causes terms with odd $n$ to vanish, leaving
$$4\pi \cos(c)\sum_{m,n=0}^\infty \frac{r^{4m+2n}\sin^{2m}(\alpha)\cos^{2n}(\alpha)(m+1)!(2m-1)!! (2n-1)!!}{m!(4m)!(2n)!(2m+2n+1)!!}$$
...which I cannot further simplify.
