Behaviour of charged spinning massless particles (Q1646255)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6893760
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6893760 |
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Behaviour of charged spinning massless particles (English)
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25 June 2018
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Summary: We revisit the classical theory of a relativistic massless charged point particle with spin and interacting with an external electromagnetic field. In particular, we give a proper definition of its kinetic energy and its total energy, the latter being conserved when the external field is stationary. We also write the conservation laws for the linear and angular momenta. Finally, we find that the particle's velocity may differ from \(c\) as a result of the spin-electromagnetic field interaction, without jeopardizing Lorentz invariance.
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Lorentz symmetry
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massless charged particle
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spinning particle
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relativistic particle
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