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Self-Forces on Electric and Magnetic Linear Sources in the Space-Time of a Cosmic String

E. R. Bezerra de Mello, V. B. Bezerra, C. Furtado, F. Moraes

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9503028

Abstract

In this paper we calculate the magnetic and electric self-forces, induced by the conical structure of a cosmic string space-time, on a long straight wire which presents either a constant current or a linear charge density. We also show how these self-forces are related by a Lorentz tranformation and, in this way, explain what two different inertial observers detect in their respective frames.

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