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GR: Gravitation und Relativitätstheorie

GR 2: Felder auf gekrümmten Raumzeiten

GR 2.3: Talk

Monday, March 20, 2000, 17:50–18:10, W B321

Metric from linear elecrodynamics: Properties of the metric — •Guillermo Rubilar — Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne,
D-50923 Köln, Germany

Recently, Obukhov and Hehl have derived, within the framework of the metric-free formulation of electrodynamics, and assuming a constrained linear constitutive law, a family of conformally related spacetime metrics. We discuss some properties of this class of metrics.