Nonminimally coupled gravitational and electromagnetic fields: pp-wave solutions

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.83.065005· OSTI ID:21537567

Dereli, Tekin; Sert, Oezcan ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Koc University, 34450 Sariyer, Istanbul (Turkey)

We give the Lagrangian formulation of a generic nonminimally extended Einstein-Maxwell theory with an action that is linear in the curvature and quadratic in the electromagnetic field. We derive the coupled field equations by a first-order variational principle using the method of Lagrange multipliers. We look for solutions describing plane-fronted Einstein-Maxwell waves with parallel rays. We give a family of exact pp-wave solutions associated with a partially massless spin-2 photon and a partially massive spin-2 graviton.

• OSTI ID: 21537567
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 83; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
BOSONS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
EINSTEIN-MAXWELL EQUATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FIELD EQUATIONS
FUNCTIONS
GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
P WAVES
PARTIAL WAVES
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PHOTONS
SIMULATION
SPIN