The Electrodynamics of Point Charges

Stephen Parrott
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Stephen Parrott: University of Massachusetts Harbor Campus, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Chapter Chapter 4 in Relativistic Electrodynamics and Differential Geometry, 1987, pp 126-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract It is widely recognized that the current theory of the electrodynamics of point charges with nonzero mass (point electrodynamics for short) contains many difficulties. In this chapter we shall describe the most widely accepted version of this theory and discuss some of the problems with it.

Keywords: Rest Frame; Proper Time; Mass Renormalization; Retarded Time; Lorentz Frame (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-4684-8_4

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