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View SchemaRadiation Reaction fields for an accelerated dipole for scalar and electromagnetic radiation
| Authors | W. G. Unruh |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9802047 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9802047 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.131 |
Abstract
The radiation reaction fields are calculated for an accelerated changing dipole in scalar and electromagnetic radiation fields. The acceleration reaction is shown to alter the damping of a time varying dipole in the EM case, but not the scalar case. In the EM case, the dipole radiation reaction field can exert a force on an accelerated monopole charge associated with the accelerated dipole. The radiation reaction of an accelerated charge does not exert a torque on an accelerated magnetic dipole, but an accelerated dipole does exert a force on the charge. The technique used is that originally developed by Penrose for non-singular fields and extended by the author for an accelerated monopole charge.
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