• Title of article

    Spacetime metric from linear electrodynamics

  • Author/Authors

    Yuri N. Obukhov، نويسنده , , Friedrich W. Hehl، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1999
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    466
  • To page
    470
  • 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 (D,H), we derive the metric of spacetime therefrom.
  • Keywords
    Electrodynamics , Metric , Axiomatics , general relativity
  • Journal title
    PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Serial Year
    1999
  • Journal title
    PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Record number

    911730