Spin and Susceptibility Effects of Electromagnetic Self-Force in Effective Field Theory

Abstract

The classic Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac self-force of point-like particles is generalized within an effective field theory setup to include linear spin and susceptibility effects described perturbatively, in that setup, by effective couplings in the action. Electromagnetic self-interactions of the point-like particle are integrated out using the in-in supersymmetric worldline quantum field theory formalism. Divergences are regularized with dimensional regularization and the resulting equations of motion are in terms only of an external electromagnetic field and the particle degrees of freedom.

arXiv comment9 pages including references, version 2: supplementary material greatly expanded and some edits to main text, published in PRL