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The electron in a gravitational field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. M. Whittaker
J. M. Whittaker
Affiliation:
Trinity College
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The potential of an electric charge in a gravitational field has been discussed very recently by Professor Whittaker and by E. T. Copson. The latter gives the solution

for a point centre at “distance” a from a mass of gravitational radius α. The coordinates used are such that the metric is given by

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 1928 , pp. 414 - 420
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1928

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† Ibid. vol. 118, p. 184 (1928).

‡ Cf. Eddington, , The Mathematical Theory of Relativity, p. 93. Copson employs a slightly different radial coordinate, equal to the above r divided by ¼a.Google Scholar

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