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Using mathematical arguments, it is proved that a scattering process of a system of elementary classical point charges obeying the Lorentz-Dirac equation is free of runaway solutions and of causality-violating properties.
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Comay, E. Asymptotic inertial motion and Lorentz-Dirac equation. Found Phys Lett 3, 565–575 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666025
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