Radiation from a charge supported in a gravitational field

DOI10.1023/B:GERG.0000010478.00884.F8zbMATH Open1044.83005arXivphysics/9910019OpenAlexW3103559613WikidataQ59620021 ScholiaQ59620021MaRDI QIDQ1424865FDOQ1424865

Authors: Noam Soker, Amos Harpaz 

Publication date: 15 March 2004

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: When an electric charge is supported at rest in a static gravitational field, its electric field is not supported with the charge, and it falls freely in the gravitational field. Drawing the electric field lines continuously in time, we find that they always emerge from the charge, but the electric field is curved and there is a stress force between the freely falling (curved) field and the static charge. The charge radiates and the work done by the gravitational field to overcome the stress force is the source for the energy radiated by the supported (static) charge. {it A static charge in a gravitational field radiates, as predicted by the principle of equivalence}. This mechanism is similar to the one applied to an electric charge accelerated in a free space. In this case, the electric field is not accelerated with the charge. The electric field is curved, and there is a stress force between the charge and its field. The work done in overcoming the stress force is the source of the energy radiated by the accelerated charge.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9910019

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zbMATH Keywords

curved electric fieldstress forceElectromagnetic radiationgravitation on an electric field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

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