Analogue of the Fizeau effect in an effective optical medium

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作者
Nandi, KK [1 ]
Zhang, YZ
Alsing, PM
Evans, JC
Bhadra, A
机构
[1] N Bengal Univ, Dept Math, Darjeeling WB 734430, India
[2] CCAST, World Lab, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Theoret Phys, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
[4] Univ New Mexico, Albuquerque High Performance Comp Ctr, Albuquerque, NM 87131 USA
[5] Univ Puget Sound, Dept Phys, Tacoma, WA 98416 USA
[6] N Bengal Univ, High Energy & Cosm Ray Res Ctr, Darjeeling WB 734430, India
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PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2003年 / 67卷 / 02期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.67.025002
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
Using a new approach, we propose an analogue of the Fizeau effect for massive and massless particles in an effective optical medium derived from the static, spherically symmetric gravitational field. The medium is naturally perceived as a dispersive medium by matter de Broglie waves. Several Fresnel drag coefficients are worked out, with appropriate interpretations of the wavelengths used. In two cases, it turns out that the coefficients become independent of the wavelength even if the equivalent medium itself is dispersive. A few conceptual issues are also addressed in the process of derivation. It is shown that some of our results complement recent work dealing with real fluid or optical black holes.
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