I am trying to figure out how to switch between Minkowski metric tensor sign conventions of (+, -, -, -) to (-, +, +, +) for the electromagnetic tensor Fαβ. For the convention of (+, -, -, -) I know the contravariant and covarient forms of the electromagnetic tensor are: Fαβ=[0−Exc−Eyc−EzcExc0−BzByEycBz0−BxEzc−ByBx0] and Fαβ=ηαμFμvηvβ=[0ExcEycEzc−Exc0−BzBy−EycBz0−Bx−Ezc−ByBx0].
Now for the convention of (-, +, +, +) are the contravariant and covariant forms of the electromagnetic tensor just switched from above along with signs?:
Fαβ=[0ExcEycEzc−Exc0Bz−By−Eyc−Bz0Bx−EzcBy−Bx0] and Fαβ=ηαμFμvηvβ=[0−Exc−Eyc−EzcExc0Bz−ByEyc−Bz0BxEzcBy−Bx0] ?
Basically, I am trying to figure out how to switch between the two sign conventions.
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