2020/04/09 by Érico Goulart, Goulart, E., J. E. Ottoni +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2004.04809
openalex publication_date 2020/04/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Several complementary approaches to investigate knotted solutions of Maxwell's equations in vacuum are now available in literature. However, only partial results towards a unified description of them have been achieved. This is potentially worrying, since new developments of the theory possibly lie at the intersection between the appropriate formalisms. The aim of this paper is to pave the way for a theoretical framework in which this unification becomes feasible, in principle.