A relativistic mass tensor with geometric interpretation
作者:
Edward B. Rockower,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 55,
issue 1
页码: 70-77
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1119/1.14973
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
关键词: MINKOWSKI SPACE;PROJECTION OPERATORS;EIGENVALUES;TENSORS;LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION;EQUATIONS OF MOTION;THREE−DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS;FOUR−DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS;RELATIVITY THEORY;MASS
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摘要:
We derive a relativistic mass tensor (dyadic or matrix) whose origin and properties have a direct geometric interpretation in terms of projection operators related to the particle’s world line and local inertial frame in Minkowski space, yet whose eigenvalues are simply the longitudinal (ml) and the transverse (mt) mass. Writing the noncovariant equations of motion (EOM) for a point particle in terms of this mass tensor bridges the gap between the compact but sterile form of the Lorentz covariant EOM and the usual (‘‘unwieldy’’) noncovariant EOM in whichmlandmtappear. General expressions for 3‐ and 4‐space mass (inverse mass) tensors are presented in terms of the system Lagrangian (Hamiltonian).
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