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Hexadecapole at the heart of nonlinear electromagnetic fields

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-07-11 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In classical Maxwell's electromagnetism, monopole term of the electric field is proportional to r2r^{-2}, while higher order multipole terms, sourced by anisotropic sources, fall-off faster. However, in nonlinear electromagnetism even a spherically symmetric field has multipole-like contributions. We prove that the leading subdominant term of the electric field, defined by nonlinear electromagnetic Lagrangian obeying Maxwellian weak field limit, in a static, spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat spacetime, is of the order O(r6)O(r^{-6}) as rr \to \infty. Moreover, using Lagrange inversion theorem and Fa\`a di Bruno's formula, we derive the series expansion of the electric field from the Taylor series of an analytic electromagnetic Lagrangian.

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@article{arxiv.2403.08909,
  title  = {Hexadecapole at the heart of nonlinear electromagnetic fields},
  author = {Ana Bokulić and Tajron Jurić and Ivica Smolić},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.08909},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages (published version; one footnote added and one sentence expanded)