Eikonal approximation to 5D wave equations as geodesic motion in a curved 4D spacetime

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 491-506

  Oron, O ^a,b   Horwitz, L P ^a,b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eikonal approximation; Fermat's principle; Geodesic motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444419371     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-005-0038-7     Document Type: Article

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