Do electromagnetic waves always propagate along null geodesics?

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA8B48MaRDI QIDQ4603096zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Felipe A. Asenjo, Sergio A. Hojman

Publication date 19 February 2018

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.06572

zbMATH Keywords

curved spacetimeelectromagnetic wavesnon-null geodesics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50)

Abstract: We find exact solutions to Maxwell equations written in terms of four-vector potentials in non--rotating, as well as in G"odel and Kerr spacetimes. We show that Maxwell equations can be reduced to two uncoupled second-order differential equations for combinations of the components of the four-vector potential. Exact electromagnetic waves solutions are written on given gravitational field backgrounds where they evolve. We find that in non--rotating spherical symmetric spacetimes, electromagnetic waves travel along null geodesics. However, electromagnetic waves on G"odel and Kerr spacetimes do not exhibit that behavior.

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