
PLANE AND SPHERICAL WAVES SOLUTIONS OF THE FIELD EQUATION FOR A COMPLEX SCALAR FIELD WITH A CUBIC NONLINEAR TERM IN FOUR DIMENSIONAL MINKOWSKI SPACE
Author(s) -
Fubin Li
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.37.1461
Subject(s) - minkowski space , scalar field , physics , plane wave , nonlinear system , plane (geometry) , field (mathematics) , term (time) , mathematical analysis , scalar (mathematics) , space (punctuation) , spherical wave , mathematical physics , classical mechanics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics , optics , pure mathematics , linguistics , philosophy
The field equation for a complex scalar field with a cubic nonlinear term in tour-dimensional Minkowski space is studied. Two classes of exact solutions, corresponding to solutions of plane and spherical waves, are presented.