Published November 7, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Self-force of a point charge in the spacetime of a massive wormhole

  • 1. Department of Physics, Kazan State University, Kremlevskaya 18, Kazan 420008 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Department of Physics and Mathematics Education, Tatar State University of Humanity and Pedagogic, Tatarstan 2, Kazan 420021 (Russian Federation)

Description

We consider the self-potential and the self-force for an electrically charged particle at rest in a massive wormhole spacetime. We develop a general approach for the renormalization of the electromagnetic field of such a particle in the static spacetimes and apply it to the spacetime of a wormhole, the metric of which is a solution to the Einstein-scalar field equations in the case of a phantom massless scalar field. The self-force is found in manifest form; it is an attractive force. We discuss the peculiarities due to the parameter of the wormhole mass.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215012

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215012;
PII
S0264-9381(10)57703-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
27
Journal Issue
21
Journal Page Range
[13 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42033122
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHARGED PARTICLES; COSMOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EQUATIONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; METRICS; POINT CHARGE; POTENTIALS; RENORMALIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRIC CHARGES; EQUATIONS