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 undergoing rigid motion at constant proper acceleration is, to high order approximation, , and this is conjectured to be exact.
Cite
@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