laboratory through space". Lorentz covariance, a related concept, is a property of the underlying spacetime manifold. Lorentz covariance has two distinct, but...
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closely related, have subtle and important differences. Understanding Lorentz covariance is simplified by keeping in mind the geometric character of the process...
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Poincaré group (redirect from Poincaré covariance)
together make the Lorentz group (see also Lorentz invariance); the semi-direct product of the spacetime translations group and the Lorentz group then produce...
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the special theory's global Lorentz covariance (applying only to inertial frames) to the more general local Lorentz covariance (which applies to all frames)...
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coordinate transformations (including Lorentz transformations), strictly meaning invariance Lorentz covariance, a property of space-time that follows...
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principle of relativity, the principle of general covariance, geodesic motion, local Lorentz covariance (the laws of special relativity apply locally for...
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the speed of light in vacuum. (See also: Lorentz covariance.) It is possible to derive the form of the Lorentz transformations from the principle of relativity...
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Hendrik Antoon Lorentz Lorentz oscillator model Lorentz covariance Modern searches for Lorentz violation Heaviside–Lorentz units Lorentz-violating electrodynamics...
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of special relativity base it on the single postulate of universal Lorentz covariance, or, equivalently, on the single postulate of Minkowski spacetime...
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the subsequent development of theoretical physics, because manifest Lorentz covariance (time and space components of quantities enter equations in the same...
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Luminiferous aether (section Lorentz aether theory)
including gravitation. He corrected some mistakes of Lorentz and proved the Lorentz covariance of the electromagnetic equations. However, he used the...
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However, in quantum electrodynamics, consistency with the principle of Lorentz covariance and with the magnitude of the Planck constant suggests a much larger...
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ultra-high energy cosmic rays are produced near our galaxy or that Lorentz covariance is violated in such a way that protons do not lose energy on their...
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Berkeley Physics 221 AB Notes 36 (1997). "Lorentz Transformations in Quantum Mechanics and the Covariance of the Dirac Equation" (PDF). p. 12.{{cite...
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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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leave the origin fixed are called Lorentz transformations and give rise to the symmetry known as Lorentz covariance. Projective symmetries: These are...
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around the observer (represented by the point). The principle of local Lorentz covariance, which states that the laws of special relativity hold locally about...
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Principle of relativity Lorentz covariance General covariance E. J. Post, Formal Structure of Electromagnetics: General Covariance and Electromagnetics,...
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Weyl equation (section Lorentz invariance)
}\right)^{-1}m\omega \psi _{\rm {R}}^{*}(x)} which is exactly the same Lorentz covariance property noted earlier. Thus, the linear combination, using an arbitrary...
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orthogonality hyperboloid model light-like Lorentz covariance Lorentz group Lorentz transformation Lorentz–FitzGerald contraction hypothesis Minkowski...
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obtained full Lorentz covariance of the electrodynamic equations. Criticizing Lorentz's 1904 theory, Abraham (1904) held that the Lorentz contraction of...
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History of special relativity (category Hendrik Lorentz)
the first to use expressions like world line, proper time, Lorentz invariance/covariance, etc.; and most notably he presented a four-dimensional formulation...
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including gravitation. He corrected some mistakes of Lorentz and proved the Lorentz covariance of the electromagnetic equations. Poincaré also suggested...
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the restricted Lorentz group. This relationship is widely used to express the Lorentz invariance of the Dirac equation and the covariance of spinors. In...
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rotation Diffeomorphism Galilean invariance General covariance Local reference frame Lorentz covariance Newton's first law Quantum reference frame Milton...
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Modern formulations of classical field theories generally require Lorentz covariance as this is now recognised as a fundamental aspect of nature. A field...
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of these emergent theories aren't Lorentz covariant, the WW theorem doesn't apply. The violation of Lorentz covariance, however, usually leads to other...
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Cauchy distribution (redirect from Lorentz distribution)
especially among physicists, as the Lorentz distribution (after Hendrik Lorentz), Cauchy–Lorentz distribution, Lorentz(ian) function, or Breit–Wigner distribution...
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fields. Goldstone's theorem only applies to gauges having manifest Lorentz covariance, a condition that took time to become questioned. But the process...
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mixed co- and contravariant tensor Covariance and contravariance of vectors General covariance Lorentz covariance Fleisch, Daniel A. (2011). "Covariant...
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