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Maxwell fields in spacetimes admitting non-null Killing vectors

Rácz, István (1993) Maxwell fields in spacetimes admitting non-null Killing vectors. CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY, 10 (9). L167-L172. ISSN 0264-9381

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Abstract

The author considers source-free electromagnetic fields in spacetimes possessing a non-null Killing vector field, xi <sup>a</sup>. He further assumes that the electromagnetic field tensor, F<sub>ab</sub>, is invariant under the action of the isometry group induced by xi <sup>a</sup>. It is then proved that whenever the two potentials associated with the electromagnetic field are functionally independent the entire content of Maxwell's equations is equivalent to the relation Del <sup>a</sup>T<sub>ab</sub>=0. Since this relation is implied by Einstein's equation he argues that it is enough merely to solve Einstein's equation for these electrovac spacetimes because the relevant equations of motion will be automatically satisfied. It is also shown that for the exceptional case of functionally related potentials Del <sup>a</sup>T <sub>ab</sub>=0 along with one of the relevant equations of motion implies that the complementary equation concerning the electromagnetic field is satisfied.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QB Astronomy, Astrophysics / csillagászat, asztrofizika
Q Science / természettudomány > QC Physics / fizika
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 01 Jul 2014 08:03
Last Modified: 01 Jul 2014 08:03
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/13406

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