Born again

Russo, Jorge G.; Townsend, Paul K.

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.5.124

SciPost Physics

Born again

Jorge G. Russo, Paul K. Townsend

SciPost Phys. 16, 124 (2024) · published 13 May 2024

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.5.124
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Abstract

Born's original 1933 theory of nonlinear electrodynamics (in contrast to the later Born-Infeld theory) is acausal for strong fields. We explore the issue of strong-field causality violation in families of theories containing Born and/or Born-Infeld, and many variants that have been previously proposed in contexts that include cosmology and black hole physics. Many of these variants are acausal and hence unphysical. A notable exception is the modified Born-Infeld theory with ModMax as its conformal weak-field limit.

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¹ ² Jorge G. Russo,
³ Paul K. Townsend

Funders for the research work leading to this publication

Generalitat de Catalunya / Government of Catalonia
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) (through Organization: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad / Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness [MINECO])
Science and Technology Facilities Council [STFC]