INTER-UNIVERSITY  CENTRE  FOR  ASTRONOMY  AND  ASTROPHYSICS
(An Autonomous Institution of the University Grants Commission)

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  SEMINAR

 

PROFESSOR PARTHA GHOSE

Bose Institute, Kolkata
 
THE STRONG EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE FOR ELECTRODYNAMICS AND THE UNIFICATION OF GRAVITY AND ELECTROMAGNETISM
 
 

The Strong Equivalence Principle for classical electrodynamics can be formulated in a certain symmetric limit of the universe, laying the foundation for a geometric theory of electrodynamics and a unified theory of classical gravity and electromagnetism. Certain interesting consequences of this postulate for cosmology will be pointed out.

 
IUCAA Lecture Hall, Bhaskara 3
April 16, 2014, 14:30 hrs.