On light propagation in premetric electrodynamics: the covariant dispersion relation

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/47/475402zbMath1196.83015arXiv0903.5520OpenAlexW3101944882MaRDI QIDQ3402131

Yakov Itin

Publication date: 2 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5520

zbMATH Keywords

electrodynamicsgeometrical opticsEinstein-Cartan gravitycovariant dispersion relationMaxwell's equations: premetric approachsemi-covariant approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22)

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