The Self-Force of a Charged Particle in Classical Electrodynamics with a Cut-off
Classical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We discuss, in the context of classical electrodynamics with a Lorentz invariant cut-off at short distances, the self-force acting on a point charged particle. It follows that the electromagnetic mass of the point charge occurs in the equation of motion in a form consistent with special relativity. We find that the exact equation of motion does not exhibit runaway solutions or non-causal behavior, when the cut-off is larger than half of the classical radius of the electron.
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@article{arxiv.physics/9807054,
title = {The Self-Force of a Charged Particle in Classical Electrodynamics with a Cut-off},
author = {Josif Frenkel and R B Santos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9807054},
year = {2007}
}
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17 pages, 1 figure