Electrodynamics and the electron equation of motion
- 15 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 13 (2), 267-273
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.13.267
Abstract
We show the extent to which Lorentz-Dirac equations of motion for the electron follow from Maxwell's equations. The standard derivations depend on cutoff procedures and other prescriptions. The conclusion is that the Lorentz force is cutoff-independent but radiation-reaction forces are not.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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