Published July 15, 2002
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Journal article
Radiation reaction and renormalization in classical electrodynamics of a point particle in any dimension
- 1. Department of Physics, Tomsk State University, Lenin Ave. 36, Tomsk, 634050 (Russian Federation)
Description
The effective equations of motion for a point charged particle taking into account the radiation reaction are considered in various space-time dimensions. The divergences stemming from the pointness of the particle are studied and an effective renormalization procedure is proposed encompassing uniformly the cases of all even dimensions. It is shown that in any dimension the classical electrodynamics is a renormalizable theory if not multiplicatively beyond d=4. For the cases of three and six dimensions the covariant analogues of the Lorentz-Dirac equation are explicitly derived
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.025017;
- arXiv
- arXiv:hep-th/0201046v3;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 66
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 025017-025017.9
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35067445
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED PARTICLES; DIMENSIONS; DIRAC EQUATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FIELD THEORIES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GREEN FUNCTION; RENORMALIZATION; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society