Published November 7, 2010
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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/10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/215012Additional 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