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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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