Spacetime metric from linear electrodynamics

DOI10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00643-7MaRDI QIDQ5934552zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Yuri N. Obukhov, Friedrich W. Hehl

Publication date 7 May 2001

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904067

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25)

Abstract: The Maxwell equations are formulated on an arbitrary (1+3)-dimensional manifold. Then, imposing a (constrained) linear constitutive relation between electromagnetic field $(E,B)$ and excitation $(calD,calH)$, we derive the metric of spacetime therefrom.

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