Geometrical aspects of light propagation in nonlinear electrodynamics
M. NovelloCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilV. A. De LorenciInstituto de Ciências-Escola Federal de Engenharia de Itajubá, Av. BPS 1303 Pinheirinho, 37500-000 Itajubá, MG, BrazilJ. M. SalimCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BrazilR. KlippertCentro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Urca 22290-180 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Abstract
We analyze the propagation of light in the context of nonlinear electrodynamics, as it occurs in modified QED vacua. We show that the corresponding characteristic equation can be described in terms of a modification of the effective geometry of the underlying spacetime structure. We present the general form for this effective geometry and exhibit some new consequences that result from such an approach.
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