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If I suddenly store a lot of energy in a small space, this induces spacetime curvature. Does that create gravitational potential energy?

Let us presume that I have a capacitor and suddenly charge it. This induces a (miniscule) spacetime curvature. Nearby objects would experience a gravitational attraction and by extension would have ...
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