Universe (Jun 2023)

Electromagnetic Waves in Cosmological Spacetime

  • Denitsa Staicova,
  • Michail Stoilov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/universe9060292
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 6
p. 292

Abstract

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We consider the propagation of electromagnetic waves in the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker metric. The exact solutions for plane and spherical wave are written down. The corresponding redshift, amplitude change, and dispersion are discussed. We also speculate about the connection of the electromagnetic wave equation to the Proca equation and its significance for the early Universe.

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