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arxiv: gr-qc/0512082 · v2 · submitted 2005-12-14 · 🌀 gr-qc

Optical geometry analysis of the electromagnetic self-force

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keywords self-forceanalysiselectromagneticgeometryopticalbehaviourchargedconditions
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We present an analysis of the behaviour of the electromagnetic self-force for charged particles in a conformally static spacetime, interpreting the results with the help of optical geometry. Some conditions for the vanishing of the local terms in the self-force are derived and discussed.

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