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The description of electrostatic acceleration as a result of spacetime curvature seems reasonable since gravitational and electrostatic accelarations have exactly the same form, and this suggests that the latter are also produced by some kind of spacetime curvature. (Here we will avoid the term "force" since the impression of the existence of a force seems to be an artefact. Instead of saying that we have a force that produces an acceleration, it seems to be closer to reality to say that we have an acceleration that produces a force, or the impression of one.) | The description of electrostatic acceleration as a result of spacetime curvature seems reasonable since gravitational and electrostatic accelarations have exactly the same form, and this suggests that the latter are also produced by some kind of spacetime curvature. (Here we will avoid the term "force" since the impression of the existence of a force seems to be an artefact. Instead of saying that we have a force that produces an acceleration, it seems to be closer to reality to say that we have an acceleration that produces a force, or the impression of one.) | ||
The difference between the two forms of acceleration (gravitational and electrostatic), besides the units and constants, is the fact that in electrostatic acceleration we may have either attraction or repulsion. | The difference between the two forms of acceleration (gravitational and electrostatic), besides the units and constants, and the the difference in magnitude between the two accelerations, is the fact that in electrostatic acceleration we may have either attraction or repulsion. | ||
One way of producing such a phenomenon would be to assume that electrostatic acceleration is due to a curvature of the spaceline (the space dimension) not in relation to time, but in relation to an extra dimension. I will try to describe things verbally, but | |||
[[Category:Electrostatic Forces and EM Waves]] | [[Category:Electrostatic Forces and EM Waves]] |
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The description of electrostatic acceleration as a result of spacetime curvature seems reasonable since gravitational and electrostatic accelarations have exactly the same form, and this suggests that the latter are also produced by some kind of spacetime curvature. (Here we will avoid the term "force" since the impression of the existence of a force seems to be an artefact. Instead of saying that we have a force that produces an acceleration, it seems to be closer to reality to say that we have an acceleration that produces a force, or the impression of one.)
The difference between the two forms of acceleration (gravitational and electrostatic), besides the units and constants, and the the difference in magnitude between the two accelerations, is the fact that in electrostatic acceleration we may have either attraction or repulsion.
One way of producing such a phenomenon would be to assume that electrostatic acceleration is due to a curvature of the spaceline (the space dimension) not in relation to time, but in relation to an extra dimension. I will try to describe things verbally, but