Thomas precession

Padmanabhan, T. (2008) Thomas precession Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 13 . pp. 610-618. ISSN 0971-8044

[img]
Preview
PDF - Publisher Version
259kB

Official URL: http://www.ias.ac.in/resonance/July2008/p610-618.p...

Abstract

Thomas precession is a curiouse effct in special relativity which is purely kinematical in origin and illustrates some important features of the Lorentz transformation. It also has a beautiful geometric interpretation. We will explore these in this and the next installment.

Item Type:Article
Source:Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:Relativity; Electron Spin
ID Code:73139
Deposited On:03 Dec 2011 06:22
Last Modified:18 May 2016 18:06

Repository Staff Only: item control page