Self-force and synchrotron radiation in odd space-time dimensions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2013-05-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
Classical electrodynamics in flat 3+1 space-time has a very special retarded propagator delta(x^2) localized on the light cone, so that a particle does not interact with its past field. However, this is an exception, and in flat odd-dimensional space-times as well as generic curved spaces this is not so. In this work we show that the so called self-force is not only non-zero, but it matches (in 2+1 dimensions) the radiation reaction force derived from the radiation intensity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1111.3894,
title = {Self-force and synchrotron radiation in odd space-time dimensions},
author = {Edward Shuryak and Ho-Ung Yee and Ismail Zahed},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3894},
year = {2013}
}
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9 pages, 1 figure