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Time domain calculation of the electromagnetic self-force on eccentric geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-12-19 v1

Abstract

I calculate the self-force acting on a particle with electric charge q moving on a generic geodesic around a Schwarzschild black hole. Using methods similar to those developed for the scalar field case discussed in a previous paper, I investigate the relative sizes of the conservative (half-advanced plus half-retarded) and dissipative (half-advanced minus half-retarded) pieces of the self-force. I also display the regularization parameters used in the mode-sum regularization scheme.

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@article{arxiv.1112.3707,
  title  = {Time domain calculation of the electromagnetic self-force on eccentric geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime},
  author = {Roland Haas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.3707},
  year   = {2011}
}

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24 pages; 21 figures; revtex4