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The Geometrization of Maxwell’s Equations and the Emergence of Gravity and Antimatter
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Beach, R.J. The Geometrization of Maxwell’s Equations and the Emergence of Gravity and Antimatter. Annals of Physics 2024, 169661, doi:10.1016/j.aop.2024.169661. Beach, R.J. The Geometrization of Maxwell’s Equations and the Emergence of Gravity and Antimatter. Annals of Physics 2024, 169661, doi:10.1016/j.aop.2024.169661.
Abstract
Coupling the Maxwell tensor to the Riemann-Christoffel curvature tensor is shown to lead to a geometricized theory of electrodynamics. While this geometricized theory leads directly to the classical Maxwell equations, it also extends their physical interpretation by giving charge density, mass density and the four-velocity that describes their motions geometric definitions. Assuming the existence of a conserved energy-momentum tensor, all solutions to the geometricized theory of electrodynamics developed here are shown to be consistent with the emergence of gravity obeying the General Relativity field equation augmented by a term that mimics the properties of dark matter and/or dark energy. Finally, due to the symmetries of the theory, the properties and phenomenology of antimatter emerge in solutions.
Keywords
Maxwell’s Equations, Electromagnetism, General Relativity, Gravity, Antimatter
Subject
Physical Sciences, Theoretical Physics
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