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NONLINEAR ELECTRODYNAMICS AND SUPERSYMMETRY
Mathematical Physics| Speaker: | Steven Duplij, Karazin Kharkov National University, Ukraine |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Tue, Feb 7 2012, 4:10PM |
Description
We give a very general description of nonlinear
classical electrodynamics, making use of generalized
constitutive equations and constitutive tensors. Our approach
includes non-Lagrangian as well as Lagrangian theories,
allows for electromagnetic feds in the widest possible variety
of media (anisotropic, piroelectric, chiral and ferromagnetic),
and accommodates the incorporation of nonlocal effects. We
then propose a supersymmetric version of the general
constitutive equations, in a superfield approach.