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arxiv: 1501.04551 · v2 · pith:SFA36OK5new · submitted 2015-01-19 · ⚛️ physics.class-ph · hep-th· math-ph· math.MP

Relativistic Lagrangians for the Lorentz-Dirac equation

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keywords lagrangiansequationlorentz-diracparameterworld-lineexplicitlyrelativisticactually
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We present two types of relativistic Lagrangians for the Lorentz-Dirac equation written in terms of an arbitrary world-line parameter. One of the Lagrangians contains an exponential damping function of the proper time and explicitly depends on the world-line parameter. Another Lagrangian includes additional cross-terms consisting of auxiliary dynamical variables and does not depend explicitly on the world-line parameter. We demonstrate that both the Lagrangians actually yield the Lorentz-Dirac equation with a source-like term.

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