Abstract:
We calculate the potential of a pointlike source in a multicenter three-dimensional space–time and obtain general relations between the values of the regularized self-energy, force, and force moment. The self-action effects as well as the relative contribution of higher multipoles infinitely increase as the angle deficit increases. The results obtained are generalized to a system of parallel cosmic strings one of which carries a current. The case of string with a finite thickness is also considered.
Citation:
Yu. V. Grats, A. A. Rossikhin, “Electrostatics in a locally flat space with conical singularities”, TMF, 123:1 (2000), 150–162; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 123:1 (2000), 539–548