On the Classical Coupling between Gravity and Electromagnetism

Atoms

Maria Becker¹  Adam Caprez²  Herman Batelaan¹ 

[1] Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA; E-Mail:;Holland Computing Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA; E-Mail:

关键词: electron;    gravity;    electromagnetism;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atoms3030320

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Coupling between electromagnetism and gravity, manifested as the distorted Coulomb field of a charge distribution in a gravitational field, has never been observed. A physical system consisting of an electron in a charged shell provides a coupling that is orders of magnitude stronger than for any previously-considered system. A shell voltage of one megavolt is required to establish a gravitationally-induced electromagnetic force equal in magnitude to the force of gravity on an electron. The experimental feasibility of detecting these forces on an electron is discussed. The effect establishes a relation between Einstein’s energy-mass equivalence and the coupling between electromagnetism and gravity.

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