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Paper
Inertia of a nonradiating particle
Abstract
A solution of the Abraham-Lorentz equation of motion for a radiating particle is found to have nonrunaway form if its mass components are subject to nonuniform acceleration. By supposing that the energy radiated is absorbed by the particle's own field, inertia is found as a resulting property and the relation E=Mc2 follows as a consequence. © 1977 Plenum Publishing Corporation.