Causality and Self-consistency in Classical Electrodynamics

dc.creatorde Souza, Manoelito M.
dc.date1996-05-02
dc.date1996-05-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:04:21Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a pedagogical review of old inconsistencies of Classical Electrodynamics and of some new ideas that solve them. Problems with the electron equation of motion and with the non-integrable singularity of its self-field energy tensor are well known. They are consequences, we show, of neglecting terms that are null off the charge world-line but that give a non null contribution on its world-line. The electron self-field energy tensor is integrable without the use of any kind of renormalization; there is no causality violation and no conflict with energy conservation in the electron equation of motion, when its meaning is properly considered.
dc.descriptionReplaced with revised version, 4 improved figures and a new section discussing the physical meaning of terms in the electron equation of motion 11 pages, Revtex
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605014
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9605014
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/149343
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleCausality and Self-consistency in Classical Electrodynamics
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