For a center fed dipole antenna when operated at resonance, the AC electric potential applied at the feed point results in traveling waves of AC current which emanate from the feed point out towards the two ends of the antenna. When the traveling waves reach the ends of the antenna they are reflected back towards the feed point where they arrive in phase with the applied AC wave form. At the feed point then the voltage and current are said to be in phase, there is zero reactance in the AC impedance presented at the feed point, and the antenna is resonant.
I am very confused about the relationship between the applied AC electric potential, the traveling wave of movement of charge, and the amplitude and phase in time and space of the current and voltage at the feed point and at each point on the antenna.
I have searched endlessly on the internet and have found it astonishingly difficult to find information on this subject.
I am not looking a for picture such as this :
The explanation given in Wikipedia doesn't come close to answering my questions.
Can anyone please either explain to me without using extensive math the exact details of the traveling wave mentioned, in terms of phase in space and time and the exact relationship between the traveling wave of movement of charges, instantaneous current, voltage and phase in time and space with respect to each other and to the feed point, or point me in the right direction where i can find an explanation ?