Equation of motion in classical electrodynamics. II

Journal Article · Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1980 · Phys. Rev., D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.21.384· OSTI ID:5753646

Herrera, J C

With the aid of the principle of equivalence, we extend our development of an equation of motion for a radiating charged particle to include movement in both a gravitational and an electromagnetic field. The rate of electromagnetic radiation is given by the covariant generalization of the Larmor formula for flat space-time. The proposed equation of motion exhibits none of the difficulties that are associated with the covariant extension of the Lorentz-Dirac equation. We apply our results to the simple examples of a charged particle falling in a gravitational field and a charged particle held fixed in a quasiuniform gravitational field.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
• OSTI ID: 5753646
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Vol. 21:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
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EQUATIONS OF MOTION
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
CLASSICAL MECHANICS
DIRAC EQUATION
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR
EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE
MAXWELL EQUATIONS
MINKOWSKI SPACE
SPACE-TIME
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RADIATIONS
SPACE
TENSORS
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