Maxwell equations and the optical geometry

被引:27
作者
Sonego, S
Abramowicz, MA
机构
[1] Univ Udine, DIC, I-33100 Udine, Italy
[2] Scuola Int Super Studi Avanzati, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
[3] Chalmers Univ Technol, Dept Astron & Astrophys, S-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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10.1063/1.532245
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We show that, in conformally static spacetimes, Maxwell equations take their simplest form when written in terms of the so-called "optical metric." (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics.
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页码:3158 / 3166
页数:9
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