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Point Charge Self-Energy in the General Relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-11-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

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 \d\d-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 mc2mc^2, while for the Kerr and Kerr--Newman solutions the angular momentum is mcamc {\bf a}. 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.

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@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

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