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Leptons might not generate gravity

Homer G. Ellis

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0308082

Abstract

A simple thought experiment suggests that, contrary to assertions in an earlier Letter, constancy across materials of the ratio of active to passive gravitational mass does not rule out that electrons (and other leptons) could have active gravitational mass zero, thus might not generate gravity. If they do not, then widely held assumptions about the gravitational effects of various forms of energy cannot be sustained.

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