Massive Wave Solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell Equations
Listed in
This article is not in any list yet, why not save it to one of your lists.Abstract
We use gauge fixing to derive Proca equation from Maxwell’s classical electrodynamics in curved spacetime. Further restrictions on the gauge yield the Klein-Gordon equation for scalar bosons. The self-coupling of electromagnetic fields through spacetime curvature originates the inertia of wave packets for non-null field solutions, suggesting an electromagnetic origin of mass. We study the weak field limit of these solutions and prove that the electrovacuum can behave as a charged nonlinear optical medium.