Covariant Irreducible Parametrization of Electromagnetic Fields in Arbitrary Spacetime

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dc.creatorSundkvist, David
dc.date2005-08-18
dc.date2006-01-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:43:24Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a new unified covariant description of electromagnetic field properties for an arbitrary space-time. We derive a complete set of irreducible components describing a six-dimensional electromagnetic field from the Maxwell and metric tensors using the symmetry group SL(2,C). For the special case of a flat space-time metric the components are shown to correspond to the scalar invariants of the electromagnetic field, the energy-momentum-stress tensor and in addition, three new tensors expressing physical observables of rank two and four, respectively. We make a physical interpretation of one of the new rank two tensors as describing a classical intrinsic spin of the electromagnetic field.
dc.description11 pages, no figures, Will appear in J. Math. Phys., January (2006)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508124
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508124
dc.identifierJ. Math. Phys. 47, 012901 (2006)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1063/1.2162107
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/102401
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleCovariant Irreducible Parametrization of Electromagnetic Fields in Arbitrary Spacetime
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