Born-Infeld electrostatics in the complex plane
Abstract
The complex method to obtain 2-dimensional Born-Infeld electrostatic solutions is presented in a renewed form. The solutions are generated by a holomorphic seed that makes contact with the Coulombian complex potential. The procedure is exemplified by solving the Born-Infeld multipolar configurations. Besides, it is shown that the attractive force between two equal but opposite charges is lower than its Coulombian partner; it decreases up to vanish when the charges approach each other below a distance ruled by the Born-Infeld constant.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1007/JHEP12(2010)028
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1007.2651
- Bibcode:
- 2010JHEP...12..028F
- Keywords:
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- Integrable Equations in Physics;
- Integrable Field Theories;
- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- Mathematical Physics
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 4 figures