The Effective Lorentzian and Teleparallel Spacetimes Generated by a Free Electromagnetic Field

In this paper we show that a free electromagnetic field living in Minkowski spacetime generates an effective Weitzenbock or an effective Lorentzian spacetime whose properties aredetermined in details. These results are possible because we found using the Clifford bundle formalism the noticeable result that the energy-momentum densities of a free electromagnetic field are sources of the Hodge duals of exact 2-form fields which satisfy Maxwell like equations.Comment: A missing term in Eq.(14) has been inserted and some misprints correcte

A Maxwell Like Formulation of Gravitational Theory in Minkowski Spacetime

In this paper using the Clifford bundle formalism a Lagrangian theory of the Yang-Mills type (with a gauge fixing term and an auto interacting term) for the gravitational field in Minkowski spacetime is presented. It is shown how two simple hypothesis permit the interpretation of the formalism in terms of effective Lorentzian or teleparallel geometries. In the case of a Lorentzian geometry interpretation of the theory the field equations are shown to be equivalent to Einstein's equations.Comment: This is a version of a paper published in Int. J. Mod. Phs. D 16(6), 1027-1041 (2007) where some misprints and typos have been corrected, some references have been updated, a footnote has been added and some few sentences have been rewritten to better explain the role of the (plastic) deformation tensor

Equações de onda associadas ao grupo de Fantappiede Sitter

Orientador: Edmundo Capelas de OliveiraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Computação CientíficaResumo: O objetivo principal deste trabalho é estudar as equações diferenciais associadas ao grupo de Fantappié-de Sitter, o qual é isomorfo ao grupo das pseudorotações pentadimensionais. Apresentamos uma nova construção dos operadores de Casimir para o grupo de Fantappié-de Sitter, obtemos as relações de comutaçào e as respectivas equações diferenciais. Estas equações diferenciais resultantes sã.o discutidas e resolvidas em coordenadas esféricas. A partir da equaçã.o diferencial de segunda ordem, a qual é associada à equaçào de Klein-Gordon no universo de de Sitter. obtemos uma equação diferencial de primeira ordem, linear nos momentos, a qual é associada à equaçào de Dirac no universo de de Sitter e finalmente resolvemos dois casos particulares desta equaçãoAbstract: The aim of this thesis is to study the differential equations associated to the Fantappié-de Sitter group, which is isomorphic to the 5-dimensional pseudo-rotation group. We present a new construction of the Casimir invariant operators for the Fantappiéde Sitter group and we obtain the commutation relations and the respective partial differential equations. These partial differential equations are discussed and solved using spherical coordinates with to respect the second order partial differential equation, which is associated to the Klein-Gordon equation in the de Sitter uni verse, we obtain a partial differential equations of first order linear in the moment, which is associated to the Dirac equation in the de Sitter uni verse. We discuss finally two particulr casesDoutoradoDoutor em Matemática Aplicad