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The fields and self-force of a constantly accelerating spherical shell

Classical Physics 2014-02-06 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We present a partial differential equation describing the electromagnetic potentials around a charge distribution undergoing rigid motion at constant proper acceleration, and obtain a set of solutions to this equation. These solutions are used to find the self-force exactly in a chosen case. The electromagnetic self-force for a spherical shell of charge of proper radius RR undergoing rigid motion at constant proper acceleration a0a_0 is, to high order approximation, (2e2a0/R)n=0(a0R)2n((2n1)(2n+1)2(2n+3))1 (2 e^2 a_0/R) \sum_{n=0}^\infty (a_0 R)^{2n} ((2n-1)(2n+1)^2(2n+3))^{-1} , and this is conjectured to be exact.

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@article{arxiv.1307.5011,
  title  = {The fields and self-force of a constantly accelerating spherical shell},
  author = {Andrew M. Steane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5011},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

18 pages; 3 figures, submitted to Proc Roy Soc Lond A

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