Published November 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

More on the covariant retarded Green's function for the electromagnetic field in de Sitter spacetime

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD (United Kingdom)

Description

In a recent paper 2 it was shown in examples that the covariant retarded Green's functions in certain gauges for electromagnetism and linearized gravity can be used to reproduce field configurations correctly in spite of the spacelike nature of past infinity in de Sitter spacetime. In this paper we extend the work of Ref. 2 concerning the electromagnetic field and show that the covariant retarded Green's function with an arbitrary value of the gauge parameter reproduces the electromagnetic field from two opposite charges at antipodal points of de Sitter spacetime.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 107502-107502.4
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41056721
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFIGURATION; DE SITTER SPACE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GRAVITATION; GREEN FUNCTION; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE

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