A study of the radiation-reaction on a point charge that moves along a constant applied electric field in an electromagnetic Bopp-Land\'e-Thomas-Podolsky vacuum

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Authors: Holly Carley, Michael K.-H. Kiessling 

Publication date: 3 March 2023

Abstract: The relativistic problem of motion of a classical electrical point charge that has been placed between the plates of a charged capacitor and then released from rest is well-posed in Bopp-Land'e-Thomas-Podolsky (BLTP) electrodynamics. That theory introduces a single new parameter, Bopp's $varkappa$, a reciprocal length. The present article concerns the small-$varkappa$ regime. Radiation-reaction effects on the motion are shown to appear at order $varkapp{a}^3$. It is found that in the initial phase the motion is accurately accounted for by test particle theory, with the inertia determined by the bare mass of the particle. Subsequently, radiation-reaction effects cause substantial deviations from the test particle motion.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Optics, electromagnetic theory (78-XX) Relativity and gravitational theory (83-XX)

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