Feynman, R. P. (1948) A relativistic cut-off for classical electrodynamics. Physical Review, 74 (8). pp. 939-946. ISSN 0031-899X. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.74.939. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:FEYpr48a
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Abstract
Ordinarily it is assumed that interaction between charges occurs along light cones, that is, only where the four-dimensional interval s2=t2-r2 is exactly zero. We discuss the modifications produced if, as in the theory of F. Bopp, substantial interaction is assumed to occur over a narrow range of s2 around zero. This has no practical effect on the interaction of charges which are distant from one another by several electron radii. The action of a charge on itself is finite and behaves as electromagnetic mass for accelerations which are not excessive. There also results a classical representation of the phenomena of pair production in sufficiently strong fields.
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| Additional Information: | ©1948 The American Physical Society. Received 8 June 1948. I should like to thank Professor J. A. Wheeler for inoculating me with many ideas without which this work would not have been done. | ||||||
| Issue or Number: | 8 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRev.74.939 | ||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:FEYpr48a | ||||||
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| ID Code: | 3516 | ||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | ||||||
| Deposited On: | 12 Jun 2006 | ||||||
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