• DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.80.024031
Corpus ID: 118781808

Rigorous derivation of electromagnetic self-force

@article{Gralla2009RigorousDO,
  title={Rigorous derivation of electromagnetic self-force},
  author={Samuel E. Gralla and Abraham I. Harte and R. Wald},
  journal={Physical Review D},
  year={2009},
  volume={80},
  pages={024031}
}

Samuel E. Gralla, Abraham I. Harte, R. Wald

Published 2009

Physics

Physical Review D

During the past century, there has been considerable discussion and analysis of the motion of a point charge in an external electromagnetic field in special relativity, taking into account 'self-force' effects due to the particle's own electromagnetic field. We analyze the issue of 'particle motion' in classical electromagnetism in a rigorous and systematic way by considering a one-parameter family of solutions to the coupled Maxwell and matter equations corresponding to having a body whose… CONTINUE READING

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