Metric signature transitions in optical metamaterials.
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چکیده
We demonstrate that the extraordinary waves in indefinite metamaterials experience an (--++) effective metric signature. During a metric signature change transition in such a metamaterial, a Minkowski space-time is created together with a large number of particles populating the space-time. Such metamaterial models provide a tabletop realization of metric signature change events suggested to occur in Bose-Einstein condensates and quantum gravity theories.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 105 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010