Self-Force and Inertia Old Light on New Ideas /

• Main Author: Lyle, Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 796
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Nuclear physics.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
• Physical Description: XIII, 396 p. 38 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642047855
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

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.