Point Charge Self-Energy in the General Relativity
Abstract
Singularities in the metric of the classical solutions to the Einstein equations (Schwarzschild, Kerr, Reissner -- Nordstr\"om and Kerr -- Newman solutions) lead to appearance of generalized functions in the Einstein tensor that are not usually taken into consideration. The generalized functions can be of a more complex nature than the Dirac -function. To study them, a technique has been used based on a limiting solution sequence. The solutions are shown to satisfy the Einstein equations everywhere, if the energy-momentum tensor has a relevant singular addition of non-electromagnetic origin. When the addition is included, the total energy proves finite and equal to , while for the Kerr and Kerr--Newman solutions the angular momentum is . As the Reissner--Nordstr\"om and Kerr--Newman solutions correspond to the point charge in the classical electrodynamics, the result obtained allows us to view the point charge self-energy divergence problem in a new fashion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0504097,
title = {Point Charge Self-Energy in the General Relativity},
author = {Mikhail B. Golubev and Stanislav R. Kelner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0504097},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
VI Fridmann Seminar, France, Corsica, Corgeze, 2004, LaTeX, 6 pages, 2 figes