VACUUM POLARIZATION-INDUCED BY A UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED CHARGE

Authors
Citation
B. Linet, VACUUM POLARIZATION-INDUCED BY A UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED CHARGE, International journal of theoretical physics, 34(7), 1995, pp. 1055-1064
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
ISSN journal
00207748
Volume
34
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1055 - 1064
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7748(1995)34:7<1055:VPBAUA>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We consider a point charge fixed in the Rindler coordinates which desc ribe a uniformly accelerated frame. We determine an integral expressio n of the induced charge density due to the vacuum polarization at the first order in the fine structure constant. In the case where the acce leration is weak, we give explicitly the induced electrostatic potenti al.