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Title: Nonbirefringence conditions for spacetime

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)

Within the axiomatic premetric approach to classical electrodynamics, we derive under which covariant conditions the quartic Fresnel surface represents a unique light cone without birefringence in vacuum.

OSTI ID:
20713789
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 72, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.087502; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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