Algebraic decomposition of the electromagnetic constitutive tensor. A step toward pre-metric based gravitation?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-07-19 v2
Abstract
It is known that the electromagnetic constitutive tensor can be algebraically decomposed in three parts: the so-called principal part, the axion part and the skewon part (see gr-qc/0506042). The aim of this paper is to provide a deeper decomposition of the principal part.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0512068,
title = {Algebraic decomposition of the electromagnetic constitutive tensor. A step toward pre-metric based gravitation?},
author = {E. Matagne},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0512068},
year = {2011}
}
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