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The theory of dressed charges in many respects is similar to the theory of balanced charges developed in previous chapters. The difference is in the presence of the electromagnetic self-interaction which is absent in balanced charges. Here we show that in macroscopic regimes this difference is negligible, whereas at atomic scales balanced charges better describe Hydrogen spectrum.
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Babin, A., Figotin, A. (2016). The Theory of Electromagnetic Interaction of Dressed Charges. In: Neoclassical Theory of Electromagnetic Interactions. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7284-0_19
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