Is there a General relativity theory which explains magnetic warping rather than space-time?

Question

Or is magnetism equivalent toTime itself?

Answer 1

Amazingly it turns out that Maxwell's equations are fully relativistic as written - years before Einstein!

What happens to space when a magnetic field is present is fully explained by these laws in combination with E=mc^2.

Magnetic fields have energy, therefore equivalent mass and so do warp space. Just as a photon (EM wave) is effected by "warped" space due to gravity, the photon itself is warping space!!

Answer 2

You may be thinking about grand unified theory which tries to combine magnetism, weak and strong interactions and gravity all in one framework. So far not much success, gravity definitely stands out. After all there is repulsion between magnets but not between masses. This does not have much to do with relativity, yet.

Answer 3

You need to get a grip of basic physics.

Magnetism is actually a special relativistic effect, and its underlying force is the electrostatic one. There is, per se, no funadamental magntec force and the electrostatic force (and hence magnetism) has no effect on spacetime. The latter must obviously be the case because the electrostatic force only affects charged particles - curving spacetime affects all particles. Hence even the operation of your TV tube demonstrates that magnetism has no impact on spacetime.

Answer 4

No and no.


Doug