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I am trying to better understand one of my previous questions, and another.

Charged particle in uniform Magnetic field

Does a charged particle orbiting Earth radiate?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_radiation_of_charged_particles_in_a_gravitational_field

To the extent I understand the answers, it seems to me that a charged particle behaves differently if it is deflected by a gravitational or a magnetic field.

Even though the particle follows the exact same trajectory, it behaves differently.

In a magnetic field, it is a clear-cut radiation. If I lived in an almost massless magnetic field that mimics Earth's gravitational field on a very big scale (obviously, the magnetic dipolarity is an issue, so maybe mimic Earth's gravity in one half of the space), I could see the charged particles coming from the Sun radiating (with appropriate sensors).

In a gravitational field, there is a radiation, but it is hidden away by an event horizon from an observer on the surface of the Earth.

Could it be that a gravitational field is like a magnetic field and then something, something extra?

What does this tell us about the feasibility of a Grand Unified theory involving gravity?

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  • $\begingroup$ No new theories are needed to explain this. GR does it. To reiterate JEB's comment from your previous queston - This is a well known paradox. Any answer I could give would be copy pasta from: Paradox of radiation of charged particles in a gravitational field $\endgroup$
    – mmesser314
    Commented Jan 20 at 22:33
  • $\begingroup$ To get back to this question, You say that a magnetic field fundamentally different from gravity, never to be unified? Or not? This question revolves around the difference between a magnetic and a gravitational field, and if there is a difference between the two, if a charged particle goes on the same trajectory by one or another. Do I need GR to explain a charge particle traversing a magnetic field? $\endgroup$
    – Zoltan K.
    Commented Jan 20 at 23:44

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