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Conservation ofe/m in general relativity

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It is shown that when classical charged particles move under the influence of their mutual gravitational and electromagnetic forces, the charge-to-mass ratio of each particle remains constant in the particle's instantaneous rest frame, despite the fact that in general the particles are accelerating and therefore presumably radiation energy.

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  1. Belfer Graduate School of Science, Yeshiva University, 10033, New York, New York

    Arthur Komar

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Supported in part by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant No. AFOSR 68-1524A.

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Komar, A. Conservation ofe/m in general relativity. Int J Theor Phys 4, 45–47 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00671380

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