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The Null and Force-Free Electromagnetic Field

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-02-03 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

This paper describes the electrodynamics of a null and force-free field in completely geometric terms. As was previously established in \cite{Menon_FF20}, solutions to force-free electrodynamics are governed by the existence of certain special types of foliations of spacetime. Here the nature of the foliations in a coordinate-free formalism in the null case is prescribed. All of the general results are illustrated by constructing a null, force-free electrodynamic field in a Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson- Walker (FLRW) spacetime.

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@article{arxiv.2006.15708,
  title  = {The Null and Force-Free Electromagnetic Field},
  author = {Govind Menon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.15708},
  year   = {2021}
}
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