The self-force and radiation reaction

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1109-1112

  Rohrlich, F ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034358952     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1286430     Document Type: Review

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4. The equation first appears in his book: M. Abraham, Theorie der Elektrizität. Vol. II. Elektromagnetische Strahlung (Teubner, Leipzig, 1905) and is based on his work " Die Prinzipien der Dynamik des Elektrons," in Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 10, 105 (1903) and in "Zur Theorie der Strahlung," 14, 236-287 (1904).
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