• The Lorentz factor or Lorentz term (also known as the gamma factor) is a dimensionless quantity expressing how much the measurements of time, length, and...
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    ={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}} is the Lorentz factor. When speed v is much smaller than c, the Lorentz factor is negligibly different from 1, but as...
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    with something in its path. In special relativity, the dimensionless Lorentz factor appears frequently, and is given by γ = 1 1 − v 2 c 2 {\displaystyle...
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    advance → faster growth of the Earth's carrying capacity, and so on. The Lorentz factor γ is defined as γ = 1 1 − ( v c ) 2 = 1 1 − β 2 , {\displaystyle \gamma...
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  • observations is associated with the Doppler effect. Time dilation by the Lorentz factor was predicted by several authors at the turn of the 20th century. Joseph...
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    Spacetime (redirect from Lorentz interval)
    than zero, the Lorentz factor will be greater than one, although the shape of the curve is such that for low speeds, the Lorentz factor is extremely close...
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    relativity the Lorentz factor is a measure of time dilation, length contraction and the relativistic mass increase of a moving object. Lorentz factor Relative...
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    {1-{\dfrac {|\mathbf {v} (t)|^{2}}{c^{2}}}}}}} is the instantaneous Lorentz factor, a function of the particle's instantaneous velocity. Like any angular...
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    own rest frame. It is also known as Lorentz contraction or Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction (after Hendrik Lorentz and George Francis FitzGerald) and is...
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    In electromagnetism, the Lorentz force is the force exerted on a charged particle by electric and magnetic fields. It determines how charged particles...
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    (moving clocks run more slowly). The factor γ by which lengths contract and times dilate is known as the Lorentz factor and is given by γ = (1 − v2/c2)−1/2...
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    Proper velocity w can be related to the ordinary velocity v via the Lorentz factor γ: w = d x d t d t d τ = v γ ( v ) {\displaystyle {\textbf {w}}={\frac...
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  • py, pz) = γmv, where v is the particle's three-velocity and γ the Lorentz factor, is p = ( p 0 , p 1 , p 2 , p 3 ) = ( E c , p x , p y , p z ) . {\displaystyle...
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    warped by the γ factor) and perpendicular; see the article Lorentz transformation for details. A quantity that is invariant under Lorentz transformations...
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  • spectral line in the Balmer series Surface energy in materials science The Lorentz factor in the theory of relativity In mathematics, the lower incomplete gamma...
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  • magnitude |p| = p. The relativistic energy E and momentum p include the Lorentz factor defined by: γ ( u ) = 1 1 − u ⋅ u c 2 = 1 1 − ( u c ) 2 {\displaystyle...
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  • In the physics of electromagnetism, the Abraham–Lorentz force (also known as the Lorentz–Abraham force) is the reaction force on an accelerating charged...
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    warping of space and time is precisely mathematically specified by the Lorentz factor, which depends on velocity. Although only theoretical when published...
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    Cyclotron (section K-factor)
    particle's type, magnetic field (which may vary with the radius), and Lorentz factor (see § Relativistic considerations), cyclotrons have no longitudinal...
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  • dynamics, the fine-structure constant in quantum mechanics, and the Lorentz factor in relativity. In chemistry, state properties and ratios such as mole...
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  • The intensity of radiation was proportional to the logarithm of the Lorentz factor of the particle. After the first observation of the transition radiation...
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  • three-dimensional vector calculus formalism, due to the nonlinearity in the Lorentz factor, which accurately accounts for relativistic velocity dependence and...
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    (positive if moving away from receiver); c = speed of light; γ = Lorentz factor; a = scale factor; G = gravitational constant; M = object mass; r = radial Schwarzschild...
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    reduces to E r e l = p c {\displaystyle E_{\rm {rel}}=pc} . Using the Lorentz factor, γ, the energy–momentum can be rewritten as E = γmc2 and expanded as...
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    Four-vector (redirect from Lorentz vector)
    four-vector (or 4-vector, sometimes Lorentz vector) is an object with four components, which transform in a specific way under Lorentz transformations. Specifically...
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    frequency would be reduced by the Lorentz factor, so that the received frequency would be reduced (redshifted) by the same factor. On the other hand, Kündig...
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    effects of special relativity are based on a quantity known as the Lorentz factor, defined as γ = 1 / 1 − v 2 / c 2 {\displaystyle \textstyle \gamma =1/{\sqrt...
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  • shifts with what was predicted by classical theory, and look for a Lorentz factor correction. Such a correction was observed, from which was concluded...
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  • ratio of the velocity of an object to the speed of light as used in the Lorentz factor a type of receptor for the noradrenaline neurotransmitter in neuroscience...
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    \gamma ={\frac {1}{\sqrt {1-v^{2}/c^{2}}}}.} is called the Lorentz factor. The Lorentz factor increases steeply as the relative velocity approaches the...
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