The Relativistic Stern-Gerlach Force

The Relativistic Stern-Gerlach Force

The relativistic Lagrangian for a spinning particle in an electromagnetic field is derived from the known Lagrangian in the particle's rest frame. The resulting relativistic Stern-Gerlach and Thomas precession forces on the particle are then derived from the Lagrangian in the laboratory frame....

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2013-10
1. Verfasser: Tschalaer, C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Electromagnetic fields
Relativism
Relativistic effects
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Zusammenfassung:The relativistic Lagrangian for a spinning particle in an electromagnetic field is derived from the known Lagrangian in the particle's rest frame. The resulting relativistic Stern-Gerlach and Thomas precession forces on the particle are then derived from the Lagrangian in the laboratory frame. In particular, the longitudinal component of this combined Stern-Gerlach-Thomas force does not contain a term proportional to gamma-squared as was claimed in a previous derivation [1].
ISSN:2331-8422