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Does this mean that when the geodesic is a straight line then the particle stays on the geodesic, but when the geodesic is curved the particle interacts with it
by fxj 2y ago
Does this mean that when the geodesic is a straight line then the particle stays on the geodesic, but when the geodesic is curved the particle interacts with its own e.m. field and deviates from the geodesic because it feels a deflecting force?
Then there would be a fundamental difference between curved and straight geodesics which would be a contradiction to the Einstein Equivalence Principle. How do physicists explain that contradiction?
- db48x 2y agoThe equivalence principle only applies to uniform fields and uniform motion. A charged particle in orbit is not in a uniform field and is not experiencing uniform motion.