Causal structure and birefringence in nonlinear electrodynamics

Melo, C. A. M. de; Medeiros, L. G.; Pompeia, P. J.

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Title:

Causal structure and birefringence in nonlinear electrodynamics

Author(s):

Institution:

Universidade Federal de Alfenas (UFAL)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Norte (UFNR)
Inst Fomento & Coordenação Ind
Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA)

ISSN:

0217-7323

Sponsorship:

Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (FAPERN)

Abstract:

We investigate the causal structure of general nonlinear electrodynamics and determine which Lagrangians generate an effective metric conformal to Minkowski. We also prove that there is only one analytic nonlinear electrodynamics not presenting birefringence.

Issue Date:

28-Feb-2015

Citation:

Modern Physics Letters A, v. 30, n. 6, 14 p., 2015.

Time Duration:

14

Publisher:

World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd

Keywords:

Nonlinear electrodynamics
Effective metrics
Photon propagation

Source:

http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S021773231550025X

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outro

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http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/128976

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