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In the present paper we determine the properties of classical electron within classical electrodynamics after the “gauge renormalization.” It is shown that a description of the classical electron can be done at the scale less than the classical radius of the electron.
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Kholmetskii, A. Gauge Renormalization in Classical Electrodynamics: Phenomenological Description of the Classical Electron. Found Phys Lett 19, 695–708 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10702-006-1058-8
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