Cosmic optical activity in the spacetime of a scalar-tensor screwed cosmic string

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Bezerra, V B ^a   Mosquera Cuesta, H J ^b   Ferreira, C N ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CONDUCTANCE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COSMOS; FIELD EMISSION; GRAVITY; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIZATION; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 0038441676     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.084011     Document Type: Article

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