On the self-force in electrodynamics and implications for gravity

Abstract

We consider the motion of charged point particles on Minkowski spacetime. The questions of whether the self-force is finite and whether mass renormalisation is necessary are discussed within three theories: In the standard Maxwell vacuum theory, in the non-linear Born-Infeld theory and in the higher-order Bopp-Podolsky theory. In a final section we comment on possible implications for the theory of the self-force in gravity.

23 pages, 5 figures, contribution to the proceedings of the 524. WE-Heraeus-Seminar "Equations of motion in relativistic gravity"

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• The motion of point particles in curved spacetime
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• Self-interaction in the Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics: Spacetimes with angular defects