On radiation reaction and the [x,p ] commutator for an accelerating charge
Quantum Physics
2013-01-30 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We formally state the connection between the relativistic part of the radiation reaction and the Poynting Robertson force term, , where is power radiated. Then we address the question, does for an accelerating charge ? The full radiation reaction term is used, which includes the relativistic term (von Laue vector.). We show that the full relativistic radiation reaction term must be taken into account if a commutation relation between and is to hold for an electron under uniform acceleration, consistent with the expectation values of and .
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@article{arxiv.1301.7051,
title = {On radiation reaction and the [x,p ] commutator for an accelerating charge},
author = {H. Fearn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7051},
year = {2013}
}
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