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A non-minimally coupled, conformally extended Einstein-Maxwell theory of pp-waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-04-14 v2

Abstract

A non-minimal coupling of Weyl curvatures to electromagnetic fields is considered in Brans-Dicke-Maxwell theory. The gravitational field equations are formulated in a Riemannian spacetime where the spacetime torsion is constrained to zero by the method of Lagrange multipliers in the language of exterior differential forms. The significance and ramifications of non-minimal couplings to gravity are examined in a pp-wave spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.2002.09208,
  title  = {A non-minimally coupled, conformally extended Einstein-Maxwell theory of pp-waves},
  author = {Tekin Dereli and Yorgo Senikoglu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.09208},
  year   = {2020}
}

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