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On propagation of photon in a medium

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v3 Astrophysics Condensed Matter Optics

Abstract

The equations for variation of the Stokes parameters and intensity of photons propagating in a medium, whose optical properties may be described by the permittivity tensor, are derived. Classification of different cases of photon propagation is suggested on a basis of these equations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0101191,
  title  = {On propagation of photon in a medium},
  author = {V. A. Maisheev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0101191},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

11 pages, Latex, typos (text, Eq30,37) corrected, Eq41 added