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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…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-03 Govind Menon

We study semilinear wave equations with Ginzburg-Landau type nonlinearities multiplied by a factor $\epsilon^{-2}$, where $\epsilon>0$ is a small parameter. We prove that for suitable initial data, solutions exhibit energy concentration…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Robert L. Jerrard

The electromagnetic theory is considered in the framework of the generally covariant approach, that is applied to the analysis of electromagnetism in noninertial coordinate and frame systems. The special-relat\-ivistic formulation of…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-10-14 Yuri N. Obukhov

We report on a remarkable class of exact solutions to force-free electrodynamics that has four-current along the light cones of an arbitrary timelike worldline in flat spacetime. No symmetry is assumed, and the solutions are given in terms…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Daniel Brennan , Samuel E. Gralla

In this paper, we present a covariant formalism that connects solutions to force-free electrodynamics in the non-null case and foliations of spacetime. In doing so, we are also able to derive an expression of the general non-null current…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-07-07 Govind Menon

It is shown that conformal symmetry exists in force-free electrodynamics (FFE) in Minkowski spacetime, a foundational framework for describing magnetospheres around astronomical objects. In force-free magnetospheres, charges are constrained…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-27 Huiquan Li , Jianyong Wang

Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE) describes magnetically dominated relativistic plasma via non-linear equations for the electromagnetic field alone. Such plasma is thought to play a key role in the physics of pulsars and active black holes.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-05 Samuel E. Gralla , Ted Jacobson

Quantum electrodynamics (QED) effects may be included in physical processes of magnetar and pulsar magnetospheres with strong magnetic fields. Involving the quantum corrections, the Maxwell electrodynamics is modified to non-linear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-15 Huiquan Li , Xiaolin Yang , Jiancheng Wang

Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE) is known to describe the highly magnetized plasma around pulsars and astrophysical black holes. The equations describing FFE are highly non-linear and the task of finding a well-defined analytical solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-14 Rakshak Adhikari , Govind Menon , Mikhail V. Medvedev

In this article, we study the coupling of the Einstein field equations of general relativity to a family of models of nonlinear electromagnetic fields. The family comprises all covariant electromagnetic models that satisfy the following…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jared Speck

This paper presents a coordinate free pre-metric formulation of charge free Maxwell-Minkowski electrodynamics, and of the developed by the authors non-linear Extended Electrodynamics. First we introduce some formal relations from…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-01 Stoil Donev , Maria Tashkova

We consider wave packets of a massless scalar field that have well-localized Rindler energy, and examine how their energy appears to a Minkowski observer to study how the classical gravitational red-shift formula is modified quantum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-09-29 Shono Shibuya , Sotaro Sugishita

We have recently proposed a simple relativistic theory which reduces to modified Newtonian dynamics for the weak-field quasistatic situations applied to galaxies, and to cosmological behavior as in the $\Lambda$CDM model, yielding a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-29 Constantinos Skordis , Tom Zlosnik

It is known that there exist solutions with interfaces to various scalar nonlinear wave equations. In this paper, we look for solutions of a two-component system of nonlinear wave equations where one of the components has an interface and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-01-12 Kyle Thompson

Electromagnetic fields of a massless charged particle are described by a gauge potential that is almost everywhere pure gauge. Solution of quantum mechanical wave equations in the presence of such fields is therefore immediate and leads to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-20 Roman Jackiw , Dan Kabat , Miguel Ortiz

The luminosity and structure of neutron star magnetospheres are crucial to our understanding of pulsar and plerion emission. A solution found using the force-free approximation would be an interesting standard with which any model with more…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jonathan C. McKinney

Force-free electrodynamics is the theoretical paradigm used to describe electromagnetic fields in a region where the inertia of plasma is negligible compared to the strength of the electromagnetic field. While these fields are studied…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-18 Rakshak Adhikari , Govind Menon , Mikhail V. Medvedev

In this paper, we investigate a class of semilinear wave equations in non-cylindrical time-dependent domains, subject to exterior homogeneous Dirichlet conditions. Under mild regularity and monotonicity assumptions on the evolving spatial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Mauro Bonafini , Van Phu Cuong Le , Riccardo Molinarolo

We find a new family of solutions for force-free magnetic structures in cylindrical geometry. These solutions have radial power-law dependance and are periodic but non-harmonic in azimuthal direction; they generalize the vacuum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-04-22 Maxim Lyutikov

The dynamics of highly magnetized plasmas in extreme astrophysical environments are effectively modeled by Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE), a framework essential for studying objects like neutron stars and accreting black holes. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-11 Rakshak Adhikari
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