Falling charge in a gravitational field and radiation reaction

Abstract

Abstract The Lorentz–Dirac equation is formulated and studied in flat Minkowski spacetime. A concise, novel derivation of the equation is presented. The problem is then enlarged to study radiation damping of an electron moving through a gravitational field. The equation of motion is obtained for this case as well. It is suggested the study of the problem might motivate experiments which could shed light on the recent work related to the emergence of space-time and its structure by means of quantum effects such as quantum entanglement.

Keywords

• Charge
• Gravity
• Relativity
• Electrodynamics
• Time
• Tensor