Causality of a wave-equation and invariance of its hyperbolicity conditions

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Fernández-Rañada, Antonio (1980) Causality of a wave-equation and invariance of its hyperbolicity conditions. Physical Review D, 22 (2). pp. 385-390. ISSN 0556-2821

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.22.385




Abstract

A characterization of the noncausal behavior of a covariant wave equation is given in terms of the invariance of the hyperbolicity conditions. Some examples in which the Dirac field is not causal are studied.


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© 1980 The American Physical Society. We are very indebted to Dr. L. Vázquez and Dr. J. Usón for discussions. This paper was partly supported by Junta de Energía Nuclear, Madrid.

Subjects:Sciences > Physics > Electricity
Sciences > Physics > Electronics
ID Code:25339
Deposited On:12 May 2014 08:44
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