The detection of an electromagnetic counterpart (GRB 170817A) to the gravitational-wave signal (GW170817) from the merger of two neutron stars opens a completely new arena for testing theories of gravity. We show that this measurement allows us to place stringent constraints on general scalar-tensor and vector-tensor theories, while allowing us to place an independent bound on the graviton mass...

An antisymmetric tensor, the photon tensor, is defined for the description of the photon as a massless relativistic particle. The photon can be visualized as an essentially two dimensional rotating object. The quantum mechanical description of a single photon is presented and it is shown that it is wrong to associate the quantum states of a photon with the macroscopic electromagnetic fields. Th...

Abstract: In this work, we consider the value of the momentum map of the symplectic mechanics as an affine tensor called momentum tensor. From this point of view, we analyze the underlying geometric structure of the theories of Lie group statistical mechanics and relativistic thermodynamics of continua, formulated by Souriau independently of each other. We bridge the gap between them in the cla...

A review of properties of matter in the interior of neutron stars is given. Particular attention is paid to recent many-body theory calculations of the properties of dense matter. Among topics discussed are the strong increase of tensor correlations at relatively low densities, the “relativistic boost term” in the interaction, and the sensitivity of properties of neutron star models to three-bo...

The complex optical conductivity tensor is calculated for the Co | Pt multilayer systems by applying a contour integration technique within the framework of the spin–polarized relativistic screened Korringa–Kohn– Rostoker method. It is shown that the optical conductivity of the Co |Pt multilayer systems is dominated by contributions arising from the Pt cap and/or substrate layers.

The form of the phenomenological stress-energy-momentum tensor for the electromagnetic field in a class of inhomogeneous, anisotropic magneto-electric media is calculated from first principles, leading to a coherent understanding of the phenomenological stresses and energy-momentum exchanges induced by electromagnetic interactions with such matter in terms of a fully relativistic covariant vari...

We analyze the presence of an additional singular thin disk in the recent General Relativistic model of galactic gravitational field proposed by Cooperstock and Tieu. The physical variables of the disk’s energy-momentum tensor are calculated. We show that the disk is made of exotic matter, either cosmic strings or struts with negative energy density.

The relativistic Dirac equation under spin symmetry is investigated for generalized Morse potential. We calculated the eigenvalues and the corresponding wave function by using the Nikiforov-Uvarov method. We also discussed two special cases: attractive radial and Deng-Fan potentials. We have also reported some numerical results and figures to show the effect of tensor interaction.

An antisymmetric tensor, the photon tensor, is defined for the description of the photon as a massless relativistic particle. The classical photon can then be visualized as an essentially two dimensional rotating object. The quantummechanical description of a single photon is presented and the wave-particle duality for the photon is analysed. The intended relation between Schrödinger’s equation...

Charmless hadronic decays of B mesons to a vector meson (V ) and a tensor meson (T ) are analyzed in the frameworks of both flavor SU(3) symmetry and generalized factorization. We also make comments on B decays to two tensor mesons in the final states. Certain ways to test validity of the generalized factorization are proposed, using B → V T decays. We calculate the branching ratios and CP asym...