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

Optik

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 401-407

  Ross, Benjamin M ^a   Mackay, Tom G ^b   Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergosphere; Kerr Newman metric; Negative phase velocity (NPV)

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE; ERGOSPHERE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; NEGATIVE PHASE VELOCITY; SHAPE AND SIZE;

GRAVITATION; ROTATION; VELOCITY;

STARS;

EID: 77249141741     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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