The Motion of Point Particles in Curved Spacetime

This review is concerned with the motion of a point scalar charge, a point electric charge, and a point mass in a specified background spacetime. In each of the three cases the particle produces a field that behaves as outgoing radiation in the wave zone, and therefore removes energy from the partic...

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Autor Principal: Poisson Eric
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: SpringerOpen 2004-01-01
Series:Living Reviews in Relativity
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Acceso en liña:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2004-6