Electrostatics in a wormhole geometry

We determine in closed form the electrostatic potential generated by a point charge at rest in a simple model of static spherically symmetric wormhole. From this, we deduce the electrostatic self-energy of this point charge.

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Published in:arXiv.org 2008-01
Main Author: Linet, Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Electrostatics
Point charge
Wormholes
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Summary:We determine in closed form the electrostatic potential generated by a point charge at rest in a simple model of static spherically symmetric wormhole. From this, we deduce the electrostatic self-energy of this point charge.
ISSN:2331-8422