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Classical Electron Model with QED Corrections

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-06-10 v1

Abstract

In this article we build a metric for a classical general relativistic electron model with QED corrections. We calculate the stress-energy tensor for the radiative corrections to the Coulomb potential in both the near-field and far-field approximations. We solve the three field equations in both cases by using a perturbative expansion to first order in alpha (the fine-structure constant) while insisting that the usual (+, +, -, -) structure of the stress-energy tensor is maintained. The resulting metric models a (non-spinning) electron with a Coulomb potential with QED corrections, and maintains masslessness of the photon to self-consistent order. The near-field solution resembles the metric of a global monopole.

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@article{arxiv.1006.1830,
  title  = {Classical Electron Model with QED Corrections},
  author = {Ron Lenk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.1830},
  year   = {2010}
}

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6 pages, comments welcome

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