Self-forces on electric and magnetic linear sources in the presence of a torsional defect - art. no. 067504

In this work we calculate the magnetic and electric self-forces on a long s traight wire, induced by an axially asymmetric topological line defect carr ying singular torsion, the edge dislocation. We consider both the case of a constant current along the wire and the case of a static, uniformly charge d, wire. We also show how these self-forces are related by a Lorentz transf ormation.