Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics

Volume 19, Issue 2, June 2012, Pages 269 - 284

Tidal Tensors in the Description of Gravity and Electromagnetism

Authors
Nicoleta Voicu
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, “Transilvania” University, 50, Iuliu Maniu Str., 500091, Brasov, Romania,nico.brinzei@unitbv.ro
Received 14 November 2011, Accepted 2 March 2012, Available Online 4 July 2012.
DOI
10.1142/S1402925112500180How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Tangent bundle; spray; Ehresmann connection; tidal tensor; Einstein–Maxwell equations
Abstract

In 2008–2009, L. F. O. Costa and C. A. R. Herdeiro proposed a new gravito-electromagnetic analogy, based on tidal tensors. We show that connections on the tangent bundle of the space-time manifold help in finding an advantageous geometrization of their ideas. Moreover, the combination tidal tensors — connections on tangent bundle can underlie a common mathematical description of the main equations of gravity and electromagnetism.

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© 2012 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press and Taylor & Francis
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Journal
Journal of Nonlinear Mathematical Physics
Volume-Issue
19 - 2
Pages
269 - 284
Publication Date
2012/07/04
ISSN (Online)
1776-0852
ISSN (Print)
1402-9251
DOI
10.1142/S1402925112500180How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2012 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press and Taylor & Francis
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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