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View SchemaThe Self-Force of a Charged Particle in Classical Electrodynamics with a Cut-off
| Authors | Josif Frenkel, R B Santos |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9807054 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9807054 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0217979299000199 |
| Journal | Int.J.Mod.Phys. B13 (1999) 315-324 |
Abstract
We discuss, in the context of classical electrodynamics with a Lorentz invariant cut-off at short distances, the self-force acting on a point charged particle. It follows that the electromagnetic mass of the point charge occurs in the equation of motion in a form consistent with special relativity. We find that the exact equation of motion does not exhibit runaway solutions or non-causal behavior, when the cut-off is larger than half of the classical radius of the electron.
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