A classification of the effective metric in nonlinear electrodynamics

Abstract

We show that only two types of effective metrics are possible in certain nonlinear electromagnetic theories. This is achieved by using the dependence of the effective metric on the energy-momentum tensor of the background along with the Segrè classification of the latter. Each of these forms is completely determined by single scalar function, which characterizes the light cone of the nonlinear theory. We compare this light cone with that of Minkowski in two examples.

Accepted for publication in Classical & Quantum Gravity

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• Analogue Gravity
• Extended Born-Infeld Dynamics and Cosmology

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