The rest-frame Darwin potential from the Lienard-Wiechert solution in the radiation gauge (Q5950545)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1684697
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1684697 |
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The rest-frame Darwin potential from the Lienard-Wiechert solution in the radiation gauge (English)
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2 January 2002
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The authors analyze how to extract the action-at-a-distance inter-particle potential hidden in the semi-classical Lienard-Wiechert solution of the electromagnetic field equations. The problem is formulated in the Wigner-covariant rest-frame instant form of dynamics, which (i) is defined on Wigner hyperplanes orthogonal to the total time-like four-momentum of the isolated system and (ii) requires the choice of the sign of the energy of the particles.
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electromagnetic field equation
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canonical reduction
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two-body problem
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