Classical and quantum radiation reaction for linear acceleration

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1149-1179

  Higuchi, Atsushi ^a   Martin, Giles D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lorentz Dirac; Quantum electrodynamics; Radiation reaction; Semiclassical approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944434654     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-005-6405-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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