Electromagnetic negative-phase-velocity propagation in the ergosphere of a rotating black hole

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mackay, Tom G ^a   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^b,c   Setiawan, Sandi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; ERGOSPHERE; NEGATIVE-PHASE-VELOCITY (NPV); PLANEWAVE PROPAGATION;

EARTH SCIENCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 27144534853     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: 13672630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/171     Document Type: Review

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