Torsion nonminimally coupled to the electromagnetic field and birefringence

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/14/101zbMATH Open1038.83027arXivgr-qc/0305049OpenAlexW2005765070MaRDI QIDQ4457657FDOQ4457657

Guillermo F. Rubilar, Yuri N. Obukhov, Friedrich W. Hehl

Publication date: 25 March 2004

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

Abstract: In conventional Maxwell--Lorentz electrodynamics, the propagation of light is influenced by the metric, not, however, by the possible presence of a torsion T. Still the light can feel torsion if the latter is coupled nonminimally to the electromagnetic field F by means of a supplementary Lagrangian of the type l^2 T^2 F^2 (l = coupling constant). Recently Preuss suggested a specific nonminimal term of this nature. We evaluate the spacetime relation of Preuss in the background of a general O(3)-symmetric torsion field and prove by specifying the optical metric of spacetime that this can yield birefringence in vacuum. Moreover, we show that the nonminimally coupled homogeneous and isotropic torsion field in a Friedmann cosmos affects the speed of light.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0305049

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zbMATH Keywords

speed of lighttorsionMaxwell-Lorentz electrodynamicsFriedmann cosmos

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein-Maxwell equations (83C22) Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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