Abstract
An accelerating electric charge coupled to its own electromagnetic field both emits radiation and experiences the radiation's reaction as a (self-)force. Considering the system from an Effective Field Theory perspective, and using the physical initial conditions of no incoming radiation can help resolve many of the problems associated with the often considered "notorious" Abraham-Lorentz/Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac equations.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 1550011 |
| Journal | International Journal of Modern Physics A |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 20 Jan 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The author thanks B. Kol, A. Yarom, S. Hadar, B. Remez and P. Beniamini for helpful comments and discussions. This research was supported by an ERC Advanced grant to Tsvi Piran and by the Israel Science Foundation grant No. 812/11. It was part of the Einstein Research Project “Gravitation and High Energy Physics,” which is funded by the Einstein Foundation Berlin.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac
- effective action
- initial conditions
- radiation reaction
- run-away
- self-force