On the covariant equations of motion with explicit radiation damping: II. Comparison with the theory of Bhabha and Harish-Chandra

✍ Scribed by Ch.G. van Weert

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 675 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(75)90106-5

✦ Synopsis

A relation is established between the reaction due to the radiation of a multipole particle and the reaction arising from the minus field, i.e., half the difference of the retarded and advanced self-fields. This leads to a new representation of the reaction terms.