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The discussion of our recent work concerning the vector solution of boundary-value problems in electromagnetism is extended to the case of no azimuthal symmetry by means of the spin-weighted spherical harmonics.

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. A. Matute

A semiclassical constrained Hamiltonian system which was established to study dynamical systems of matrix valued non-Abelian gauge fields is employed to formulate spin Hall effect in noncommuting coordinates at the first order in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-10 O. F. Dayi , M. Elbistan

We extend here the canonical treatment of spherically symmetric (quantum) gravity to the most simple matter coupling, namely spherically symmetric Maxwell theory with or without a cosmological constant. The quantization is based on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-01 T. Thiemann

The derivation of spherical harmonics is the same in nearly every quantum mechanics textbook and classroom. It is found to be difficult to follow, hard to understand, and challenging to reproduce by most students. In this work, we show how…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-09-28 M. Weitzman , J. K. Freericks

The spherical harmonics $Y_{\ell m}(\theta,\varphi)$ are complex-valued functions on the surface of a sphere, and have found widespread application in physics and astronomy. Every physics students knows them from quantum mechanics and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Bjoern Malte Schaefer

The aim of this work is to proceed with the development of a model of topological electromagnetism in empty space, proposed by one of us some time ago and based on the existence of a topological structure associated with the radiation…

Classical Physics · Physics 2014-08-05 A. F. Ranada , A. Tiemblo

Two theorems involving curl eigenfields on the 3--sphere are obtained using angular momentum theory. Spinor hyperspherical harmonics are shown to form an explicit, convenient basis. In particular, a spin--one vector calculus is reviewed. An…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2023-05-09 J. S. Dowker

A new form of time-harmonic Maxwells equations is developed and proposed for numerical modeling. It is written for the magnetic field strength, electric displacement, vector potential and the scalar potential. There are several attractive…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Vladimir E. Moiseenko , Olov Agren

This paper is devoted to a coordinate-free approach to several classic geometries such as hyperbolic (real, complex, quaternionic), elliptic (spherical, Fubini-Study), and lorentzian (de Sitter, anti de Sitter) ones. These geometries carry…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-11-01 Sasha Anan'in , Carlos H. Grossi

The main ideas and some of the most important results of the spherically symmetric self-consistent approach and a number of related theoretical algorithms are presented. These methods make it possible to study low-dimensional…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-18 A. F. Barabanov , V. E. Valiulin , A. V. Mikheyenkov , P. S. Savchenkov

The spherically symmetric static solutions are searched for in some f(T) models of gravity theory with a Maxwell term. To do this, we demonstrate that reconstructing the Lagrangian of f(T) theories is sensitive to the choice of frame, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-11 Tower Wang

In this paper, we develop a new representation for outgoing solutions to the time harmonic Maxwell equations in unbounded domains in $\bbR^3.$ This representation leads to a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind for solving the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-03-04 Charles L. Epstein , Leslie Greengard

Today's textbooks of electromagnetism give the particular solution to Maxwell's equations involving the integral over the charge and current sources at retarded times. However, the texts fail to emphasize the role played by the choice of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2016-09-05 Timothy H. Boyer

By the collective name of {\it lattice counting} we refer to a setup introduced in Duke-Rudnick-Sarnak that aim to establish a relationship between arithmetic and randomness in the context of affine symmetric spaces. In this paper we extend…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-06-12 Bernhard Krötz , Eitan Sayag , Henrik Schlichtkrull

Spherical harmonics provide a smooth, orthogonal, and symmetry-adapted basis to expand functions on a sphere, and they are used routinely in physical and theoretical chemistry as well as in different fields of science and technology, from…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2023-05-02 Filippo Bigi , Guillaume Fraux , Nicholas J. Browning , Michele Ceriotti

I discuss the relation between harmonic polynomials and invariant theory and show that homogeneous, harmonic polynomials correspond to ternary forms that are apolar to a base conic (the absolute). The calculation of Schlesinger that…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-06-30 J. S. Dowker

We present a new formulation of Einstein's equations for an axisymmetric spacetime with vanishing twist in vacuum. We propose a fully constrained scheme and use spherical polar coordinates. A general problem for this choice is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-15 Christian Schell , Oliver Rinne

We perform a numerical free evolution of a selfgravitating, spherically symmetric scalar field satisfying the wave equation. The evolution equations can be written in a very simple form and are symmetric hyperbolic in Eddington-Finkelstein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Mirta S. Iriondo , Oscar A. Reula

Spherical Harmonic Gaussian type orbitals and Slater functions can be expressed using spherical coordinates or a linear combinations of the appropriate Cartesian functions. General expressions for the transformation coefficients between the…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-07-21 Chiara Ribaldone , Jacques Kontak Desmarais

In this paper, we present the implicit equations for one special class of real-valued spherical harmonics with octahedral symmetry. Based on this representation, we construct the rotationally invariant measure of deviation from the…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Yuri Nesterenko