Journal of Modern Physics

Volume 5, Issue 10 (June 2014)

ISSN Print: 2153-1196   ISSN Online: 2153-120X

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A Classical Field Theory of Gravity and Electromagnetism

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DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2014.510096    5,390 Downloads   8,642 Views  Citations
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A classical field theory of gravity and electromagnetism is developed. The starting point of the theory is the Maxwell equations which are directly tied to the Riemann-Christoffel curvature tensor. This is done through the derivatives of the Maxwell tensor which are equated to a vector field  contracted with the curvature tensor, i.e., . The electromagnetic portion of the theory is shown to be equivalent to the classical Maxwell equations with the addition of a hidden variable. Because the proposed equations describing electromagnetism and gravity differ from the classical Maxwell-Einstein equations, their ability to describe classical physics is shown for several situations by direct calculation. The inclusion of antimatter and its behavior in a gravitational field, and the possibility of particle-like solutions exhibiting quantized charge, mass and angular momentum are discussed.

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Beach, R. (2014) A Classical Field Theory of Gravity and Electromagnetism. Journal of Modern Physics, 5, 928-939. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2014.510096.

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