The Kummer tensor density in electrodynamics and in gravity

DOI10.1016/j.aop.2014.06.007zbMath1343.83017arXiv1403.3467OpenAlexW3098013410MaRDI QIDQ305275

Friedrich W. Hehl, Yakov Itin, Peter Baekler, Alberto Favaro

Publication date: 29 August 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.3467

zbMATH Keywords

general relativityFresnel surfaceKummer tensorPoincaré gauge theorypremetric electrodynamicsprincipal null directions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

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Uses Software

• Mathematica
• REDUCE

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