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    "abstract": "The region very close to an electron ($r \u003c\u003c r_0 = e^2/mc^2 \\approx 2.8\\times\n10^{-13}$ cm) is, according to quantum electrodynamics, a seething maelstrom of\nvirtual electron-positron pairs flashing in and out of existence. To take\naccount of this well-established physical reality, a phenomenological\nrepresentation for vacuum polarization is introduced into the framework of\nclassical electrodynamics. Such a model enables a consistent picture of\nclassical point charges with finite electromagnetic self-energy. It is further\nconjectured that the reaction of a point charge to its own electromagnetic\nfield is tantamount to interaction with its vacuum polarization charge or\n\"aura\". This leads to a modification of the Lorentz-Dirac equation for the\nforce on an accelerating electron, a new differential-difference equation which\navoids the pathologies of preacceleration and runaway solutions.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/0105077",
    "authors": [
      "S. M. Blinder"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.gen-ph",
      "physics.class-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1016/S0034-4877(01)80042-2",
    "title": "Classical electrodynamics with vacuum polarization: electron self-energy   and radiation reaction",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0105077"
  },
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