Scalar self-energy for a charged particle in global monopole spacetime with a spherical boundary

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/13/135007zbMATH Open1246.83040arXiv1201.1770OpenAlexW2024055168MaRDI QIDQ2904583FDOQ2904583

Authors: E. R. Bezerra de Mello, A. A. Saharian 

Publication date: 14 August 2012

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We analyze combined effects of the geometry produced by global monopole and a concentric spherical boundary on the self-energy of a point-like scalar charged test particle at rest. We assume that the boundary is outside the monopole's core with a general spherically symmetric inner structure. An important quantity to this analysis is the three-dimensional Green function associated with this system. For both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions obeyed by the scalar field on the sphere, the Green function presents a structure that contains contributions due to the background geometry of the spacetime and the boundary. Consequently the corresponding induced scalar self-energy present also similar structure. For points near the sphere the boundary-induced part dominates and the self-force is repulsive/attractive with respect to the boundary for Dirichlet/Neumann boundary condition. In the region outside the sphere at large distances from it, the boundary-free part in the self-energy dominates and the corresponding self-force can be either attractive or repulsive with dependence of the curvature coupling parameter for scalar field. In particular, for the minimal coupling we show the presence of a stable equilibrium point for Dirichlet boundary condition. In the region inside the sphere the nature of the self-force depends on the specific model for the monopole's core. As illustrations of the general procedure adopted we shall consider two distinct models, namely flower-pot and the ballpoint-pen ones.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.1770

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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