Maxwell's equations in Minkowski's world: Their premetric generalization and the electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 17, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 691-704

  Hehl, Friedrich W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical electrodynamics; Energy momentum tensor; Maxwell's equations; Minkowski; Premetric electrodynamics

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; HELIUM; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; TENSORS;

CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS; MINKOWSKI; PREMETRIC ELECTRODYNAMICS;

MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

EID: 54949090094     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200810320     Document Type: Article

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