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Electrodynamics and Radiation Reaction

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The self force of electrodynamics is derived from a scalar field. The resulting equation of motion is free of all of the problems that plague the Lorentz Abraham Dirac equation. The age-old problem of a particle in a constant field is solved and the solution has intuitive appeal.

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I would like to thank the referee for many suggestions and apposite remarks.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Richard T. Hammond

  2. Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA

    Richard T. Hammond

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Hammond, R.T. Electrodynamics and Radiation Reaction. Found Phys 43, 201–209 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-012-9687-z

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