Ebook: Self-force and inertia: Old light on new ideas
Author: Lyle Stephen N.
- Genre: Mathematics // Lectures
- Tags: Physics., Gravitation., Optics., Electrodynamics., Nuclear physics., Optics and Electrodynamics., Classical and Quantum Gravitation Relativity Theory., Particle and Nuclear Physics., Theoretical Mathematical and Computational Physics., Inertia (Mechanics), Acceleration (Mechanics)
- Series: Springer Lecture notes in physics 796
- Year: 2010
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag
- City: Berlin, Heidelberg
- Language: English
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The vast majority of particles in particle physics are today considered to be bound states of other particles. All forms of binding energy and kinetic energy in such a state have to be included in its inertial mass. This book revives the classical explanation for this in the case of electromagnetic interactions. But it is also a reminder of the many benefits of this classical understanding that are simply dropped in Read more...
Abstract: The vast majority of particles in particle physics are today considered to be bound states of other particles. All forms of binding energy and kinetic energy in such a state have to be included in its inertial mass. This book revives the classical explanation for this in the case of electromagnetic interactions. But it is also a reminder of the many benefits of this classical understanding that are simply dropped in modern accounts of inertia. This is a book for the motivated student who feels it is useful to remember where our theories come from. There is also a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in particle physics