Algebraic decomposition of the electromagnetic constitutive tensor. A step towards a pre-metric based gravitation?

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Matagne, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Constitutive tensor; Eigenvalues; Premetric electromagnetics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ALGEBRAIC DECOMPOSITIONS; CONFORMAL; CONSTITUTIVE TENSOR; EIGENVALUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC; METRICS; PREMETRIC ELECTROMAGNETICS; UNIMODULAR;

TENSORS;

EID: 54949095870     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: 15213889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200710272     Document Type: Article

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