Maxwell-Lorentz without self-interactions: conservation of energy and momentum

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AC48EEMaRDI QIDQ5049554zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jonathan Gratus

Publication date 11 November 2022

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.08644

zbMATH Keywords

conservation of energyradiation reactionSchwartz distributionselectrodynamicsconservation of momentumstress energy tensorLagragian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Motion of charged particles (78A35)

Abstract: Since a classical charged point particle radiates energy and momentum it is argued that there must be a radiation reaction force. Here we present an action for the Maxwell-Lorentz without self interactions model, where each particle only responds to the fields of the other charged particles. The corresponding stress-energy tensor automatically conserves energy and momentum in Minkowski and other appropriate spacetimes.

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