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A linear vector model of gravitation is introduced in the context of quantum physics as a generalization of electromagnetism. The gravitoelectromagnetic gauge symmetry corresponds to a hyperbolic unitary extension of the usual complex phase…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-07-01 S. Ulrych

In this and companion papers, we show that quantum field theories with gauge symmetries permit a broader class of classical dynamics than typically assumed. In this article, we show that the quantization of electromagnetism permits the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-19 David E. Kaplan , Tom Melia , Surjeet Rajendran

Quantum theory is formulated as a probabilistic theory on a flat Minkowski space-time, while general theory of relativity is formulated on a curved manifold as a geometric theory. Bohmian Quantum Gravity approach indicates that one need to…

General Physics · Physics 2018-10-31 Sijo K. Joseph

A four-vector field in flat space-time, satisfying a gauge-invariant set of second-order differential equations, is considered as a unified field. The model variational principle corresponds to the general covariance idea and gives rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Alexander A. Chernitskii

The proposed temporal fluctuations model attempt for a unitary vision on gravity, electromagnetism and inertia. On obtain Newton law of gravitation and Coulomb law by starting from simple principles. On obtain too the main results of…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Viorel Drafta

By constructing a model of spacetime having a strong curvature singularity in which causal geodesics are complete, but more generic causal curves are not, we explicitly show that some electrostatic field configurations on that background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-28 Franco Fiorini , Juan Manuel Paez

In general relativity, Maxwell's equations are embedded in curved spacetime through the minimal prescription, but this could change if strong-gravity modifications are present. We show that with a nonminimal coupling between gravity and a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-27 Lorenzo Annulli , Vitor Cardoso , Leonardo Gualtieri

An algebraic framework was introduced in our previous works to address the covariance issue in spherically symmetric effective quantum gravity. This paper extends the framework to the electrovacuum case with a cosmological constant. After…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-19 Jinsong Yang , Cong Zhang , Yongge Ma

We develop a gauge theory of the combined gravitational-electromagnetic field by expanding the Poincar\'e group to include clock synchronization transformations. We show that the electromagnetic field can be interpreted as a local gauge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Robert D. Bock

Defining the electric and magnetic field vectors in curved spacetime requires a proper choice of the observer's frame four-vector. Related literature shows that this fundamental issue in physics still needs to be properly resolved. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-24 Jai-chan Hwang , Hyerim Noh

A new approach is proposed for an electromagnetic field geometrisation. We show that interacting Maxwell and Dirac fields can be considered as a single connected space-time 4-manifold. The Dirac spinors appear wihtin such approach as basic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 O. A. Olkhov

It is shown that geometric optical description of electromagnetic wave with account of its polarization in curved space-time can be obtained straightforwardly from the classical variational principle for electromagnetic field. For this end…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Z. Ya. Turakulov , A. T. Muminov

Electromagnetic potentials allow for an alternative description of the Maxwell field, the electric and magnetic components of which emerge as gradients of the vector and the scalar potential. We provide a general relativistic analysis of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-01 Panagiotis Mavrogiannis , Christos G. Tsagas

The coupling of the electromagnetic field to gravity is an age-old problem. Presently, there is a resurgence of interest in it, mainly for two reasons: (i) Experimental investigations are under way with ever increasing precision, be it in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 Friedrich W. Hehl , Yuri N. Obukhov

Electromagnetic quantities such as energy density, momentum, spin, and helicity bring meaning and intuition to electromagnetism and possess intricate interrelations, particularly prominent in complex non-paraxial near-fields. These…

Two Lagrangian functions are used to construct geometric field theories. One of these Lagrangians depends on the curvature of space, while the other depends on curvature and torsion. It is shown that the theory constructed from the first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 M. I. Wanas , Samah A. Ammar

We present a comprehensive introduction to spacetime algebra that emphasizes its practicality and power as a tool for the study of electromagnetism. We carefully develop this natural (Clifford) algebra of the Minkowski spacetime geometry,…

Optics · Physics 2015-07-03 Justin Dressel , Konstantin Y. Bliokh , Franco Nori

Cosmological perturbations are generally described by quantum fields on (curved but) classical space-times. While this strategy has a large domain of validity, it can not be justified in the quantum gravity era where curvature and matter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Ivan Agullo , Abhay Ashtekar , William Nelson

In the framework of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, we study the dynamics of a gravitationally coupled electromagnetic field. It is shown that the electromagnetic field is able not only to couple to torsion, but also,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 V. C. de Andrade , J. G. Pereira

The symmetry studies of Maxwell equations gave new insight on the nature of electromagnetic (EM) field. Tey are reviewed in the work presented. It is drawing the attention on the following aspects. EM-field has in general case quaternion…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-11 Dmitri Yerchuck , Alla Dovlatova , Andrey Alexandrov