Stochastic theory of relativistic particles moving in a quantum field: Scalar Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac-Langevin equation, radiation reaction, and vacuum fluctuations

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Johnson, Philip R ^a   Hu, B L ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VACUUM;

EID: 0037088066     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.065015     Document Type: Article

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