The alternative to classical mass renormalization for tube-based self-force calculations
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Publication:3631337
DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/10/105009zbMATH Open1163.83343arXiv0905.0006OpenAlexW2062737192MaRDI QIDQ3631337FDOQ3631337
Authors: A. H. Norton 
Publication date: 9 June 2009
Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: To date, classical mass renormalization has been invoked in all tube-based self-force calculations, thus following the method introduced in Dirac's 1938 calculation of the electromagnetic self-force for the classical radiating electron. In this paper a new tube method is described that does not rely on a mass renormalization procedure. As a result, exact self-force calculations become possible for classical radiating systems of finite size. A new derivation of the Lorentz-Dirac equation is given and the relationship between the new tube method and the classical mass renormalization procedure is explained. It is expected that a similar tube method could be used to obtain rigorous results in the gravitational self-force problem.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0006
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