Published October 15, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

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

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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