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arxiv: 1902.04488 · v3 · pith:FZWORUQXnew · submitted 2019-02-12 · ⚛️ physics.class-ph

Electromagnetic self-force of a point charge from the rate of change of the momentum of its retarded self-field

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keywords changechargemomentumpointrateretardedself-fieldself-force
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The self-force of a point charge moving on a rectilinear trajectory is obtained, with no need of any explicit removal of infinities, as the negative of the time rate of change of the momentum of its retarded self-field.

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