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On the self-accelerating electron

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

S. Ashauer
S. Ashauer
Affiliation:
Newnham CollegeCambridge
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After solving the equations of motion of Dirac's self-accelerating electron, a physical picture of it is formed by plotting graphically the surfaces of constant scalar potential when the electron has built up a velocity close to the velocity of light.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , October 1947 , pp. 506 - 510
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1947

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