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On the asymptotic character of electromagnetic waves in a Friedmann?Robertson?Walker universe

2004/05/28 by Nader Haghighipour
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10714-005-0022-2

published as Gen.Rel.Grav. 37 (2005) 327-342 · 21 pages, 6 figures, submitted for publication

arxiv created 2004/05/28 · openalex publication_date 2005/02/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

Asymptotic properties of electromagnetic waves are studied within the context of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmology. Electromagnetic fields are considered as small perturbations on the background spacetime and Maxwell's equations are solved for all three cases of flat, closed and open FRW universes. The asymptotic character of these solutions are investigated and their relevance to the problem of cosmological tails of electromagnetic waves is discussed.

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