Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime

About: Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 864 publications have been published within this topic receiving 14286 citations.

Gravitation: Foundations and Frontiers

Abstract: 1 Special relativity 2 Scalar and electromagnetic fields in special relativity 3 Gravity and spacetime geometry: the inescapable connection 4 Metric tensor, geodesics and covariant derivative 5 Curvature of spacetime 6 Einstein's field equations and gravitational dynamics 7 Spherically symmetric geometry 8 Black holes 9 Gravitational waves 10 Relativistic cosmology 11 Differential forms and exterior calculus 12 Hamiltonian structure of general relativity 13 Evolution of cosmological perturbations 14 Quantum field theory in curved spacetime 15 Gravity in higher and lower dimensions 16 Gravity as an emergent phenomenon Notes Index

Solutions of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell Equations

Abstract: Algebraically degenerate solutions of the Einstein and Einstein‐Maxwell equations are studied Explicit solutions are obtained which contain two arbitrary functions of a complex variable, one function being associated with the gravitational field and the other mainly with the electromagnetic field

Existence of Local Covariant Time Ordered Products of Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime

Abstract: We establish the existence of local, covariant time ordered products of local Wick polynomials for a free scalar field in curved spacetime. Our time ordered products satisfy all of the hypotheses of our previous uniqueness theorem, so our construction essentially completes the analysis of the existence, uniqueness, and renormalizability of the perturbative expansion for nonlinear quantum field theories in curved spacetime. As a byproduct of our analysis, we derive a scaling expansion of the time ordered products about the total diagonal that expresses them as a sum of products of polynomials in the curvature times Lorentz invariant distributions, plus a remainder term of arbitrarily low scaling degree.

General brane cosmologies and their global spacetime structure

Abstract: Starting from a completely general standpoint, we find the most general brane-universe solutions for a 3-brane in a five-dimensional spacetime. The brane can border regions of spacetime with or without a cosmological constant. Making no assumptions other than the usual cosmological symmetries of the metric, we prove that the equations of motion form an integrable system, and find the exact solution. The cosmology is indeed a boundary of a (class II) Schwarzschild-AdS spacetime, or a Minkowski (class I) spacetime. We analyse the various cosmological trajectories focusing particularly on those bordering vacuum spacetimes. We find, not surprisingly, that not all cosmologies are compatible with an asymptotically flat spacetime branch. We comment on the role of the radion in this picture.