Associations to the word «Lorentz»

LORENTZ FACTOR, noun. (physics) the factor, used in special relativity, to calculate the degree of time dilation, length contraction and relativistic mass of an object moving relative to an observer

LORENTZ FORCE, noun. (physics) the force exerted on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field

LORENTZ GAUGE, noun. (electromagnetism) A partial gauge fixing of the electromagnetic vector potential, used to eliminate the redundant spin-0 component in the (1/2,1/2) representation of the Lorentz group.

LORENTZ GROUP, noun. (physics) (mathematics) the group of all Lorentz transformations in spacetime

LORENTZ INVARIANT, noun. (mathematics) (relativity) A quantity that does not change due to a Lorentz transformation; a quantity that is independent of the inertial frame.

LORENTZ SYMMETRY, noun. (physics) the invariance of the laws of physics under the Lorentz transformation.

LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION, noun. (mathematics) (relativity) A transformation relating the spacetime coordinates of one frame of reference to another in special relativity.

LORENTZ, noun. Dutch physicist noted for work on electromagnetic theory (1853-1928).