Massive-field approach to the scalar self-force in curved spacetime

Eran Rosenthal
Phys. Rev. D 69, 064035 – Published 26 March 2004
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Abstract

We derive a new regularization method for the calculation of the (massless) scalar self-force in curved spacetime. In this method, the scalar self-force is expressed in terms of the difference between two retarded scalar fields: the massless scalar field and an auxiliary massive scalar field. This field difference combined with a certain limiting process gives the expression for the scalar self-force. This expression provides a new self-force calculation method.

  • Received 26 August 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.69.064035

©2004 American Physical Society

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Eran Rosenthal

  • Department of Physics, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel

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Vol. 69, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2004

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