Hamiltonian birefringence and Born-Infeld limits

Abstract Using Hamiltonian methods, we find six relativistic theories of nonlinear electrodynamics for which plane wave perturbations about a constant uniform background are not birefringent. All have the same conformal strong-field limit to Bialynicki-Birula (BB) electrodynamics, but only four avoi...

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Main Authors: Luca Mezincescu, Jorge G. Russo, Paul K. Townsend
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-02-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2024)186