Self-force on a static scalar test charge outside a Schwarzschild black hole

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages

  Wiseman, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 17044436949     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.61.084014     Document Type: Article

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