2018
DOI: 10.31349/revmexfis.65.65
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The Riemann-Silberstein vector in the Dirac algebra

Abstract: It is shown that the Riemann-Silberstein vector, defined as E + iB, appears naturally in the SL(2, C) algebraic representation of the electromagnetic field. Accordingly, a compact form of the Maxwell equations is obtained in terms of Dirac matrices, in combination with the null-tetrad formulation of general relativity. The formalism is fully covariant; an explicit form of the covariant derivatives is presented in terms of the Fock coefficients.

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“…Recent studies (Hacyan 2017;Nazari & Roshan 2020;Contopoulos et al 2023) investigate the gravitational radiation emitted by a purely dipolar bar magnet rotating in vacuo about an axis inclined to its magnetic axis. They find that 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 the B 2 contribution is generally low but may be detectable by future-generation gravitational-wave detectors in the case of highly-magnetised fast-spinning neutron stars.…”
Section: Purely Magnetic Ellipticitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Recent studies (Hacyan 2017;Nazari & Roshan 2020;Contopoulos et al 2023) investigate the gravitational radiation emitted by a purely dipolar bar magnet rotating in vacuo about an axis inclined to its magnetic axis. They find that 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 the B 2 contribution is generally low but may be detectable by future-generation gravitational-wave detectors in the case of highly-magnetised fast-spinning neutron stars.…”
Section: Purely Magnetic Ellipticitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This value is consistent with the literature, cf. equation ( 13) of Hacyan (2017), equation ( 46) of Nazari & Roshan (2020) for B ∼ 10 12 G, and equation (57) of Contopoulos et al (2023).…”
Section: Purely Magnetic Ellipticitymentioning
confidence: 99%