Response to Compagno and Persico

Abstract

Some mathematically incorrect claims of Compagno and Persico in their reply (2002 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35, 8965) to my comment on their recent paper on self-dressing and radiation reaction in classical electrodynamics are pointed out.

3 pages, REVTeX. This version employs a general analytic proof instead of arguing by using a specific example

References in corpus (3)

• Comment on "Limits of the measurability of the local quantum electromagnetic-field amplitude"
• The electromagnetic self-force on a charged spherical body slowly undergoing a small, temporary displacement from a position of rest
• Comment on 'Self-dressing and radiation reaction in classical electrodynamics'