Proper dynamics of a rigid point particle
- 1 October 1974
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 15 (10) , 1778-1786
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1666541
Abstract
A spinor formulation of the classical Lorentz force is given which describes the precession of an electron's spin as well as its velocity. Solutions are worked out applicable to an electron in a uniform field, a plane wave, and a Coulomb field.Keywords
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