Non-localizability of electric coupling and gravitational binding of charged objects

被引:5
作者
Corne, Matthew
Kheyfets, Arkady
Miller, Warner A.
机构
[1] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Math, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[2] Florida Atlantic Univ, Dept Phys, Boca Raton, FL 33431 USA
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10.1088/0264-9381/24/23/019
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P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The energy - momentum tensor in general relativity contains only localized contributions to the total energy - momentum. Here, we consider a static, spherically symmetric object consisting of a charged perfect fluid. For this object, the total gravitational mass contains a non-localizable contribution of electric coupling ( ordinarily associated with electromagnetic mass). We derive an explicit expression for the total mass which implies that the non-localizable contribution of electric coupling is not bound together by gravity, thus ruling out the existence of objects with pure Lorentz electromagnetic mass in general relativity.
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页数:7
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