RT Journal Article
T1 Interpretations and naturalness in the radiation-reaction problem
A1 Barceló, Carlos
A1 Garay Elizondo, Luis Javier
A1 Redondo Yuste, Jaime
AB After more than a century of history, the radiation-reaction problem in classical electrodynamics still surprises and puzzles new generations of researchers. Here, we revise and explain some of the paradoxical issues that one faces when approaching the problem, mostly associated with regimes of uniform proper acceleration. The answers we provide can be found in the literature and are a synthesis of a large body of research. We only present them in a personal way that may help in their understanding. Besides, after the presentation of the standard answers, we motivate and present a twist to those ideas. The physics of emission of radiation by extended charges (charges with internal structure) might proceed in a surprising oscillating fashion. This hypothetical process could open up new research paths and a new take on the equivalence principle.
PB MDPI
SN 2073-8994
YR 2021
FD 2021-04-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7416
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/7416
LA eng
NO © 2021 by the authorsThis research was funded by the Spanish Government through the projects FIS2017-86497-C2-1-P, FIS2017-86497-C2-2-P (with FEDER contribution) and FIS2016-78859-P (AEI/FEDER,UE), and by the Junta de Andalucia through the project FQM219. CB acknowledges financial support from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the "Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa" award to the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (SEV-2017-0709).
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)/FEDER
NO Junta de Andalucia
NO Centros de Excelencia Severo Ochoa (MICINN)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025