On the Self-force in Electrodynamics and Implications for Gravity

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-18335-0_15zbMATH Open1338.83010arXiv1411.0286OpenAlexW3199148750MaRDI QIDQ2804118FDOQ2804118

Authors: Volker Perlick 

Publication date: 27 April 2016

Published in: Fundamental Theories of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the motion of charged point particles on Minkowski spacetime. The questions of whether the self-force is finite and whether mass renormalisation is necessary are discussed within three theories: In the standard Maxwell vacuum theory, in the non-linear Born-Infeld theory and in the higher-order Bopp-Podolsky theory. In a final section we comment on possible implications for the theory of the self-force in gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.0286

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zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear Born-Infeld theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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