Covariant formulation of electrodynamics in isotropic media
arXiv:2103.08328 · doi:10.1088/1361-6404/ac1306
Abstract
The equations of electromagnetic fields in a medium is usually written in the rest frame of the medium. We outline a method of generalizing the discussion to arbitrary inertial frames. In the discussion, we also include the possibility that the medium is optically active, a possibility that is often overlooked in discussions of electromagnetic fields in a medium.
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