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The invariants of the electromagnetic field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v2

Abstract

We present a constructive proof that all gauge invariant Lorentz scalars in Electrodynamics can be expressed as a function of the quadratic ones.

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@article{arxiv.1309.4185,
  title  = {The invariants of the electromagnetic field},
  author = {C. A. Escobar and L. F. Urrutia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.4185},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures, revtex4, New sections I and II. New references added. The construction in sections III,IV,V and in the Appendix is the same as in version 1