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Conformally invariant formalism for the electromagnetic field with currents in Robertson-Walker spaces

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-12 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that the Laplace-Beltrami equation 6a=j\square_6 a =j in (\setR6,η)(\setR^6,\eta), η:=diag(++)\eta := \mathrm{diag}(+----+), leads under very moderate assumptions to both the Maxwell equations and the conformal Eastwood-Singer gauge condition on conformally flat spaces including the spaces with a Robertson-Walker metric. This result is obtained through a geometric formalism which gives, as byproduct, simplified calculations. In particular, we build an atlas for all the conformally flat spaces considered which allows us to fully exploit the Weyl rescalling to Minkowski space.

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@article{arxiv.1301.7646,
  title  = {Conformally invariant formalism for the electromagnetic field with currents in Robertson-Walker spaces},
  author = {E. Huguet and J. Renaud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.7646},
  year   = {2015}
}

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Accepted for publication in J. Math Phys. 11 pages, 2 figures, revtex 4