The electron in a gravitational field
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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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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- 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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