A spherically symmetric solution of the Maxwell-Einstein equations
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A spherically symmetric solution of the “already unified field theory” ofRainich (i.e. of the source-free Maxwell-Einstein equations) is presented which represents a static massless charged particle. It is not equivalent to the Reissner-Nordström solution with zero mass, although both metrics repel uncharged test particles.
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