TL;DR
This paper derives an exact Einstein-Maxwell solution showing light waves generate their own gravitational fields, and explores particle and quantum field dynamics within this combined gravitational-electromagnetic background.
Contribution
It provides a new exact solution for the gravitational field of electromagnetic waves and analyzes the effects on particles and quantum fields in this setting.
Findings
Electromagnetic waves produce a pp-wave gravitational field.
Classical particles follow specific trajectories in this background.
Quantum fields experience unique dynamics influenced by the combined fields.
Abstract
Light waves carry along their own gravitational field; for simple plain electromagnetic waves the gravitational field takes the form of a pp-wave. I present the corresponding exact solution of the Einstein-Maxwell equations and discuss the dynamics of classical particles and quantum fields in this gravitational and electromagnetic background.
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