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To: zeestephen
Gravity is just a "charge" to physicists. So is "color" in quarks. They are "charges" in the terminology as much as the electromagnetic charge is a "charge."

The confusion arises because we observed the electromagnetic charge first, and when most people hear the word "charge" they think of electric charge, which is only positive or negative. The color charge of the strong nuclear force actually corresponds to three distinct charges, which in some combinations are attractive, in others, repulsive.

Any accelerating charge produces radiation corresponding to the charge. In the case that you're talking about, an accelerating electron will produce both electromagnetic radiation [from its accelerating electromagnetic charge] and gravitational radiation [from its accelerating mass.]

There is another symmetry: in every Lorentz frame [frame of reference in uniform motion -- not accelerating -- with respect to another Lorentz frame] there should also be an analogue of the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field. Consequently, there is also a "gravitational magnetic field." It is extremely weak. Too weak to measure.

19 posted on 02/07/2016 11:36:56 AM PST by FredZarguna (You did not see what I did there.)
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To: FredZarguna

Thanks, Fred, that’s very helpful.


30 posted on 02/07/2016 10:44:04 PM PST by zeestephen
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