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Letter: Note on the Luminosity Distance

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We re-derive a formula relating the areal and luminosity distances, entirely in the framework of the classical Maxwell theory, assuming a geometric-optics type condition.

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  1. Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, 30-064, Kraków, Reymonta 4, Poland

    Edward Malec, Grzegorz Wyleżek & Janusz Karkowski

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Malec, E., Wyleżek, G. & Karkowski, J. Letter: Note on the Luminosity Distance. General Relativity and Gravitation 36, 2151–2160 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:GERG.0000038629.34453.28

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