2012

Scalar self-energy for a charged particle in global monopole spacetime with a spherical boundary

de Mello, E. R. Bezerra, Saharian, A. A.

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We analyze combined effects of the geometry produced by global monopole and a concentric spherical boundary on the self-energy of a point-like scalar charged test particle at rest.

  • We assume that the boundary is outside the monopole's core with a general spherically symmetric inner structure.
  • An important quantity to this analysis is the three-dimensional Green function associated with this system.
  • For both Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions obeyed by the scalar field on the sphere, the Green function presents a structure that contains contributions due to the background geometry of the spacetime and the boundary.

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