Abstract
The popular Stokes statements about polarized light are interpreted in a Minkowskian language using a Lorentzian representation for the Stokes parameters and the degree of polarization. The evolution equations for Stokes parameters on a curved space-time are obtained using the parallel transport of the polarization vector along a null geodesic. The interest of these equations in Astrophysics and Relativistic Cosmology is outlined.
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Morales, J.A., Navarro, E. (2003). Lorentzian Comments on Stokes Parameters. In: Fernández-Jambrina, L., González-Romero, L.M. (eds) Current Trends in Relativistic Astrophysics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 617. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36973-2_18
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