Do Inertial Electric Charges Radiate with Respect to Uniformly Accelerated Observers?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-11-01 v1
Abstract
We revisit the long standing problem of analyzing an inertial electric charge from the point of view of uniformly accelerated observers in the context of semi-classical gravity. We choose a suitable set of accelerated observers with respect to which there is no photon emission coming from the inertial charge. We discuss this result against previous claims [F. Rohrlich, Ann. Phys. (N.Y.) vol: 22, 169 (1963)]. (This Essay was awarded a Honorable Mention for 1994 by the Gravity Research Foundation.)
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9405050,
title = {Do Inertial Electric Charges Radiate with Respect to Uniformly Accelerated Observers?},
author = {George E. A. Matsas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9405050},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
6 pages (REVTEX 3.0), IFT-P017/94