On the motion of point defects in relativistic fields
arXiv:1107.2286
Abstract
We inquire into classical and quantum laws of motion for the point charge sources in the nonlinear Maxwell-Born-Infeld field equations of classical electromagnetism in flat and curved Einstein spacetimes.
40 pages; based on a talk given at the conference "Quantum Field Theory and Gravity", Regensburg 2010 (Felix Finster, Olaf Mueller, Marc Nardmann, Juergen Tolksdorf, Eberhard Zeidler, eds.). To appear in the refereed conference proceedings