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Relativistic electrodynamics of continuous media

Physical Review A, ISSN: 1050-2947, Vol: 41, Issue: 9, Page: 5066-5073
1990
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Article Description

The relativistic transform of electromagnetic fields and inductions in a nonlinear medium is studied theoretically, within the framework of classical electrodynamics. A covariant formulation of the electrodynamics of nonlinear media is presented. This theoretical formulation is of particular relevance to periodic systems since the spatial symmetries of a given medium, which determine most of its linear and nonlinear electromagnetic properties, as described by group theory are not conserved by the Lorentz transform (space-time symmetry). The Oeerenkov radiation process is treated as an example in the rest frame of the interacting electron; it is found that in this case the linear refractive index of the dielectric medium becomes anisotropic and exhibits a singularity at the usual Oeerenkov radiation angle. © 1990 The American Physical Society.

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