Electrodynamics and the electron Equation of Motion

Dec, 1974
22 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 13 (1976) 267
Report number:
  • Print-74-1677 (CHILE U.)

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Abstract: (APS)
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.
  • Dirac equation
  • FIELD EQUATIONS: ELECTRON
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
  • RELATIVITY THEORY
  • KINEMATICS