Gravitational mass in electromagnetic field

TL;DR

This paper investigates how a charged particle's gravitational mass varies when it falls through a strong electromagnetic field, suggesting electromagnetic energy can influence gravitational mass.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical calculation of mass variation for a charged particle in a strong electromagnetic field, highlighting electromagnetic influence on gravitational mass.

Findings

Mass variation occurs in strong electromagnetic fields

Electromagnetic energy contributes to gravitational mass

Theoretical prediction of mass change during free-fall

Abstract

A fraction of energy is theoretically predicted to be captured from electromagnetic field to form a gravitating mass, when a low-mass charged particle enters the strong field from a region of no electromagnetism. In this paper the mass variation has been calculated for a charged particle on free-fall in the constraint electromagnetic field. It has been shown that there is an evident effect to the variation in mass when the low-mass charged particle is in the strong field.