The covariant description of electric and magnetic field lines of null fields: application to Hopf–Rañada solutions

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/46/17/175204zbMath1273.78007arXiv1302.2683OpenAlexW2079266618MaRDI QIDQ4923824

Publication date: 27 May 2013

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2683

zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equations Clifford algebra covariant formulation optical helicity electro-magnetic field lines Hopf-Rañada solutions optical chirality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)

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