Dual electromagnetism: helicity, spin, momentum and angular momentum

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/15/3/033026zbMath1451.78003arXiv1208.4523OpenAlexW2166296016WikidataQ59426509 ScholiaQ59426509MaRDI QIDQ5141451

Aleksandr Y. Bekshaev, Franco Nori, Konstantin Y. Bliokh

Publication date: 18 December 2020

Published in: New Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4523

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02)

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