Scalar self-force on a static particle in Schwarzschild spacetime using the massive field approach

Eran Rosenthal
Phys. Rev. D 70, 124016 – Published 14 December 2004

Abstract

I use the recently developed massive field approach to calculate the scalar self-force on a static particle in a Schwarzschild spacetime. In this approach the scalar self-force is obtained from the difference between the (massless) scalar field, and an auxiliary massive scalar field combined with a certain limiting process. By applying this approach to a static particle in Schwarzschild I show that the scalar self-force vanishes in this case. This result conforms with a previous analysis [A. G. Wiseman, Phys. Rev. D 61, 084014 (2000).].

  • Received 5 October 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.124016

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Eran Rosenthal

  • Department of Physics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

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Vol. 70, Iss. 12 — 15 December 2004

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