Refringence, field theory and normal modes

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/11/314zbMATH Open1004.83039OpenAlexW3106260346WikidataQ59619725 ScholiaQ59619725MaRDI QIDQ4550148FDOQ4550148

Authors C. Barceló, Matt Visser, S. Liberati 

Publication date 8 February 2003

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0111059

zbMATH Keywords

classical field theorylinearizationpseudo-Finsler geometryeffective geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) More general nonquantum field theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S20)

Abstract: In a previous paper [gr-qc/0104001; Class. Quant. Grav. 18 (2001) 3595-3610] we have shown that the occurrence of curved spacetime ``effective Lorentzian geometries is a generic result of linearizing an arbitrary classical field theory around some non-trivial background configuration. This observation explains the ubiquitous nature of the ``analog models for general relativity that have recently been developed based on condensed matter physics. In the simple (single scalar field) situation analyzed in our previous paper, there is a single unique effective metric; more complicated situations can lead to bi-metric and multi-metric theories. In the present paper we will investigate the conditions required to keep the situation under control and compatible with experiment -- either by enforcing a unique effective metric (as would be required to be strictly compatible with the Einstein Equivalence Principle), or at the worst by arranging things so that there are multiple metrics that are all ``close to each other (in order to be compatible with the {Eotvos} experiment). The algebraically most general situation leads to a physical model whose mathematical description requires an extension of the usual notion of Finsler geometry to a Lorentzian-signature pseudo-Finsler geometry; while this is possibly of some interest in its own right, this particular case does not seem to be immediately relevant for either particle physics or gravitation. The key result is that wide classes of theories lend themselves to an effective metric description. This observation provides further evidence that the notion of ``analog gravity is rather generic.

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