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No-birefringence conditions for spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Within the axiomatic premetric approach to classical electrodynamics, we derive under which covariant conditions the quartic Fresnel surface represents a unique light cone without birefringence in vacuum.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0508144,
  title  = {No-birefringence conditions for spacetime},
  author = {Yakov Itin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0508144},
  year   = {2009}
}

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2.7 pages

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