On optical black holes in moving dielectrics
arXiv:gr-qc/0210104 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.68.061502
Abstract
We study the optical paths of the light rays propagating inside a nonlinear moving dielectric media. For the rapidly moving dielectrics we show the existence of a distinguished surface which resembles, as far as the light propagation is concerned, the event horizon of a black hole. Our analysis clarifies the physical conditions under which electromagnetic analogues of the gravitational black holes can eventually be obtained in laboratory.
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