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View SchemaTowards gravitationally assisted negative refraction of light by vacuum
| Authors | Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Tom G. Mackay |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0408021 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0408021 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0305-4470/37/42/L02 |
| Journal | J.Phys. A37 (2004) L505-L510 |
Abstract
Propagation of electromagnetic plane waves in some directions in gravitationally affected vacuum over limited ranges of spacetime can be such that the phase velocity vector casts a negative projection on the time-averaged Poynting vector. This conclusion suggests, inter alia, gravitationally assisted negative refraction by vacuum.
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