The Thomas precession and velocity-space curvature

DOI10.1063/1.527132zbMath0595.70003OpenAlexW2043051122WikidataQ57259154 ScholiaQ57259154MaRDI QIDQ3727425

Shahar Ben-Menahem

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.527132

zbMATH Keywords

time-dependent forcefinite rotationclosed trajectoryWigner rotationspin vectorangle of precession for a planar motionexternal torqueless forcesfinal spin vectorhyperbolic three- velocity spacerelativistic Thomas precessionsequence of pure boosts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Axiomatics, foundations (70A05) Generalized coordinates; event, impulse-energy, configuration, state, or phase space for problems in mechanics (70G10)

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