On the theory of the skewon field: From electrodynamics to gravity

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Hehl, F W ^a,b   Obukhov, Yu N ^a,c   Rubilar, G F ^d   Blagojevic M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Axion field; Classical electrodynamics; Dilaton field; Einstein Cartan theory; General relativity; Skewon field

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

AXION FIELD; CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; DILATON FIELDS; EINSTEIN-CARTAN THEORY; GENERAL RELATIVITY; SKEWON FIELD;

RELATIVITY;

EID: 27744481915     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.06.033     Document Type: Article

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