In physics, relativistic angular momentum refers to the mathematical formalisms and physical concepts that define angular momentum in special relativity...
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Angular momentum (sometimes called moment of momentum or rotational momentum) is the rotational analog of linear momentum. It is an important physical...
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mechanics, angular momentum coupling is the procedure of constructing eigenstates of total angular momentum out of eigenstates of separate angular momenta...
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Spin (physics) (redirect from Intrinsic angular momentum)
interaction with spin require relativistic quantum mechanics or quantum field theory. The existence of electron spin angular momentum is inferred from experiments...
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non-relativistic QM, the angular momentum operator is formed from the classical pseudovector definition L = r × p. In RQM, the position and momentum operators...
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angular momentum tensor is sometimes called a bivector because in the 3D viewpoint it is two vectors (one of these, the conventional angular momentum...
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Special relativity (redirect from Relativistic velocities)
antisymmetric tensor is the relativistic angular momentum, which has six components: three are the classical angular momentum, and the other three are related...
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Belinfante–Rosenfeld stress–energy tensor Poincaré group Lorentz group Relativistic angular momentum Mathisson–Papapetrou–Dixon equations Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector...
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energy–momentum relation, or relativistic dispersion relation, is the relativistic equation relating total energy (which is also called relativistic energy)...
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operator defined from the momentum and angular momentum, used in the quantum-relativistic description of angular momentum. It is named after Wolfgang...
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mechanics, the angular momentum operator is one of several related operators analogous to classical angular momentum. The angular momentum operator plays...
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another vector quantity N = (E/c2)r − tp related to boosts, see relativistic angular momentum for details. For the case of the E and B fields, the transformations...
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Tests of relativistic energy and momentum are aimed at measuring the relativistic expressions for energy, momentum, and mass. According to special relativity...
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Electric dipole spin resonance Kugel–Khomskii coupling Lamb shift Relativistic angular momentum Spherical basis Stark effect In fact it's the electric field...
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quantized orbital angular momentum are also called electron vortex beams. An electron in free space travelling at non-relativistic speeds, follows the...
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Photon (redirect from Momentum of photon)
energy and momentum are related by E = pc, where p is the magnitude of the momentum vector p. This derives from the following relativistic relation, with...
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In Newtonian mechanics, momentum (pl.: momenta or momentums; more specifically linear momentum or translational momentum) is the product of the mass and...
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Four-gradient (section As a component of the SR Hamilton–Jacobi equation in relativistic analytic mechanics)
symmetry of the stress–energy tensor, one can show that angular momentum (relativistic angular momentum) is also conserved: ∂ ν ( x α T μ ν − x μ T α ν ) =...
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In general relativity, rotational motion is described by the relativistic angular momentum tensor, including the spin tensor, which enter the equations...
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Cauchy momentum equation is a vector partial differential equation put forth by Augustin-Louis Cauchy that describes the non-relativistic momentum transport...
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curvilinear coordinates. The angular momentum L = x ∧ p of a particle with relativistic mass m and relativistic momentum p (as measured by an observer...
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Kinetic energy (redirect from Relativistic kinetic energy)
it is 417 J/kg (on a non-relativistic kinetic energy of 5 GJ/kg). The relativistic relation between kinetic energy and momentum is given by E k = p 2 c...
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Azimuthal quantum number (redirect from Angular momentum quantum number)
for an atomic orbital that determines its orbital angular momentum and describes aspects of the angular shape of the orbital. The azimuthal quantum number...
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Pauli matrices (section Relativistic quantum mechanics)
the same algebraic properties as the σk matrices. However, relativistic angular momentum is not a three-vector, but a second order four-tensor. Hence...
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the analytic properties of scattering as a function of angular momentum, where the angular momentum is not restricted to be an integer multiple of ħ but...
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is a relativistic correction that applies to the spin of an elementary particle or the rotation of a macroscopic gyroscope. It relates the angular velocity...
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Larmor precession (redirect from Larmor angular frequency)
and the angular momentum. The angular momentum vector J → {\displaystyle {\vec {J}}} precesses about the external field axis with an angular frequency...
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Zitterbewegung (redirect from Compton angular frequency)
prediction of a rapid oscillatory motion of elementary particles that obey relativistic wave equations. This prediction was first discussed by Gregory Breit...
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Wavenumber (redirect from Angular wavenumber)
expressed in SI units of cycles per metre or reciprocal metre (m−1). Angular wavenumber, defined as the wave phase divided by time, is a quantity with...
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from one discrete orbit to another. Bohr supposed that the electron's angular momentum is quantized with possible values: L = n ℏ {\displaystyle L=n\hbar...
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