Motion of an electrically or magnetically charged body with possibly strong internal gravity through external electromagnetic and gravitational fields
Creators
- 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Description
This calculation uses matched asymptotic expansions to show, directly from the Einstein-Maxwell equations, that a small charged body with possibly strong internal gravity moves through an electrovac region of a curved, and not necessarily asymptotically flat, external space-time approximately according to the Lorentz force law. The dimensionless parameter epsilon = m/L (where m is the body's mass and L is a curvature reference length of the external field) is assumed small, and it is found that O(L) deviations from the Lorentz force law vanish over times of O(L); deviations of O(L) would be expected to arise only over times of O(L/epsilon) or longer. This calculation differs from previous work in that the body may have strong internal gravity (e.g., a charged black hole), its moments are unrestricted, and the external gravitational field need not be asymptotically flat
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 22
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 1879-1881
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12579714
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; BLACK HOLES; EINSTEIN-MAXWELL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GEODESICS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LORENTZ FORCE; MOTION; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- EQUATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS