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When finding the amount of energy stored in the electric field of a point particle, one finds that it is infinite (due to the r = 0 limit in the integral of the energy density). Does this mean then that the field will never "run out" of energy?
How can the electric field of a point charge, or the gravitational field of a point mass contain an infinite amount of energy without resulting in a space-time singularity (if one considers a finite volume containing the point mass or charge)?
Thanks.
How can the electric field of a point charge, or the gravitational field of a point mass contain an infinite amount of energy without resulting in a space-time singularity (if one considers a finite volume containing the point mass or charge)?
Thanks.