Coupling of vector fields at high energies

Abstract

In general relativity and electrodynamics fields are always generated from static monopoles (like mass or electric charge) or their corresponding currents by surrounding them in a spherical configuration. We investigate a generation of fields from primary fields by a scalar coupling. The generated secondary fields fulfill the condition of source-freedom and therefore cannot occur in a spherical configuration. The coupling strength depends on the energies of the primary fields. In most cases these fields can be approximately considered as dipole fields. We discuss two applications of couplings for electromagnetic and gravitational spin-1 fields and for electric and magnetic fields. We calculate for both applications the threshold values of field energy for the maximum coupling strength. The proposed approach yields to a further step towards an unification of electromagnetism and gravitation and has important consequences for the discrete symmetries.