Abstract
The self field of a charged particle has a component that diverges at the particle. We use both coordinate and covariant approaches to compute an expansion of this singular field for generic geodesic orbits in Schwarzschild spacetime for scalar, electromagnetic and graviational cases. We check agreement of both approaches and give, as an application, the calculation of previously unknown regularisation parameters. In this so-called "mode-sum regularization" approach, each mode of the field is finite, while their sum diverges. The sum may be rendered finite and convergent by the subtraction of "regularization parameters". Higher order parameters lead to faster convergence in the mode-sum. As a second example application, we compute high order expressions for the effective source approach to self-force calculations.
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