Noncommutative Einstein-Maxwell pp-waves

The field equations coupling a Seiberg-Witten electromagnetic field to noncommutative gravity, as described by a formal power series in the noncommutativity parameters theta(alpha beta), is investigated. A large family of solutions, up to order one in theta(alpha beta), describing Einstein-Maxwell n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ruiz Ruiz, Fernando, Marculescu, S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/50997
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/50997
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:53
Gravity
Dimensions
Geometry
Spaces
Física (Física)
22 Física
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Sumario:The field equations coupling a Seiberg-Witten electromagnetic field to noncommutative gravity, as described by a formal power series in the noncommutativity parameters theta(alpha beta), is investigated. A large family of solutions, up to order one in theta(alpha beta), describing Einstein-Maxwell null pp-waves is obtained. The order-one contributions can be viewed as providing noncommutative corrections to pp-waves. In our solutions, noncommutativity enters the spacetime metric through a conformal factor and is responsible for dilating/contracting the separation between points in the same null surface. The noncommutative corrections to the electromagnetic waves, while preserving the wave null character, include constant polarization, higher harmonic generation, and inhomogeneous susceptibility. As compared to pure noncommutative gravity, the novelty is that nonzero corrections to the metric already occur at order one in theta(alpha beta).