Relativistic Dynamics of a Charged Sphere: Updating the Lorentz-Abraham Model

By Arthur Yaghjian

This book takes a fresh and novel approach to century-oldproblems and theirsolution. The primary purpose is todetermine an equation of motion for the classical Lorentzmodel of the electron that is consistent with causalsolutions to the Maxwell - Lorentz equations. The authorobservesamong other things that one does not need quantummechanics to exclude the unphysical solution (to theequation of motion of a charge). In fact he shows for thefirst time that the classical theory is consistent initself.The book will be highly welcome to physicists, andhistorians and philosophers of science, both students andresearchers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387978879
• ISBN13: 9780387978871
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 115 Pages