Abstract:
A nonlinear generalization of Maxwell's equations is constructed; it leads to static repulsive
potentials of the type $a_n/r^n$, $n>1$. The corresponding analog of the Nordström–
Reissner metric is constructed. It is shown that in classical, i.e., nonquantum,
physics the forces, $a_n/r^{n+1}$, $n>1$, do not lead to divergences of the source selfenergy
in general relativity. It is shown that if a collapsing system passes through its
gravitational radius – forming a black hole – the classical forces $a_n/r^{n+1}$, $n>1$, and
also the electrostatic and gravitational forces, do not vanish in the exterior space; this
result contradicts Hartle's result [6] obtained for pair neutrino forces $(\sim1/r^5)$.