1306.3966 (Alexei E. Zayats)

Self-interaction in the Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics: Can the
observable mass of a charged particle depend on its acceleration?    [PDF]

Alexei E. Zayats

In this paper we obtain the expression for the self-force in the model, the Lagrangian of which contains additional terms, quadratic in Maxwell tensor derivatives (so-called Bopp-Podolsky electrodynamics). Features of this force are analyzed for various limiting cases. When a charged particle moves in straight line and with a uniform acceleration, an explicit, accessible for experiments, formula is found. In the framework of the considered model, an observable renormalized particle mass is shown to depend on its acceleration. This dependence allows in principle to extract experimentally a value of the particle bare mass.

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