The alternative to classical mass renormalization for tube-based self-force calculations
| dc.creator | Norton, Andrew H. | |
| dc.date | 2009-04-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T13:10:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T13:10:56Z | |
| dc.description | 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. | |
| dc.description | 21 pages, 2 figures. An accompanying Mathematica notebook is available at http://124.178.231.75/sfcalc | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0006 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0006 | |
| dc.identifier | Class. Quantum Grav. 26 (2009) 105009 (19pp) | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1088/0264-9381/26/10/105009 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229141 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | The alternative to classical mass renormalization for tube-based self-force calculations | |
| dc.type | text |