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Self force on static charges in Schwarzschild spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-11-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We study the self forces acting on static scalar and electric test charges in the spacetime of a Schwarzschild black hole. The analysis is based on a direct, local calculation of the self forces via mode decomposition, and on two independent regularization procedures: A spatially-extended particle model method, and on a mode-sum regularization prescription. In all cases we find excellent agreement with the known exact results.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9911042,
  title  = {Self force on static charges in Schwarzschild spacetime},
  author = {Lior M. Burko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9911042},
  year   = {2014}
}

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21 pages, 9 Encapsulated PostScript figures, submitted to Class. Quantum Grav

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