Shock-free wave propagation in gauge theories

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McCarthy J., SARIOĞLU B. Ö.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS, cilt.39, sa.1, ss.159-182, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2000
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1023/a:1003659520136
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.159-182
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We present the shock-free wave propagation requirements for massless fields. First, we briefly argue how the "completely exceptional" approach, originally developed to study the characteristics of hyperbolic systems in 1 + 1 dimensions, can be generalized to higher dimensions and used to describe propagation without emerging shocks, with characteristic flow remaining parallel along the waves. We then study the resulting requirements for scalar, vector, vector-scalar, and gravity models and characterize physically acceptable actions in each case.