1999/10/26 by Murat Özer, Özer, Murat · 2 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9910095
LaTex, 14 pages, 4 figures(now enlarged), a footnote expanded
openalex publication_date 1999/10/26 · arxiv created 1999/10/27 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
If gravitation and electromagnetism are both described in terms of a symmetric metric tensor, then the deflection of an electron beam by a charged sphere should be different from its deflection according to the Reissner-Nordström solution of General Relativity. If such a unified description is true, the equivalence principle for the electric field implies that the photon has a nonzero effective electric charge-to-mass ratio and should be redshifted in an electric field and be deflected in a magnetic field. Experiments to test these predictions are proposed.