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Point Electric Charge in General Relativity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Using a proper gauge condition the static spherically symmetric solutions of Einstein-Maxwell equations with charged point source at the center are derived. It is shown that the solutions of the field equations are a three-parameter family depending on the Keplerian mass MM, the charge QQ and the bare mass M0M_0. The result can be interpreted as a correction to Newton's gravitational potential and Coulomb's electric potential which are both regular at the centre where the massive point is placed. A correction to Gauss theorem is derived based on the nontrivial topology of the corresponding spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406077,
  title  = {Point Electric Charge in General Relativity},
  author = {P. P. Fiziev and S. V. Dimitrov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406077},
  year   = {2007}
}

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28 pages, latex, no figures