Covariant formulation of the dynamics in a dissipative quantum dielectric obtained from a simplified Lagrangian

A. Yahalom, R. Englman, Y. Pinhasi

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Abstract

Equations of motion and energy-momentum tensors are obtained for a dissipative medium sustaining electromagnetic polarizations using a Lagrangian formalism. A previous work has been simplified by reducing the number of independent vector fields interacting with the sink modes. A relativistic formalism of the same is also suggested.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2941-2948
Number of pages8
JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
Volume372
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Apr 2008

Keywords

  • Covariance
  • Dissipation
  • Electromagnetic energy
  • Lagrangian formalism
  • Polarizable solid: Quantum resonance

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