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    In physics, the Thomas precession, named after Llewellyn Thomas, is a relativistic correction that applies to the spin of an elementary particle or the...
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  • In physics, Larmor precession (named after Joseph Larmor) is the precession of the magnetic moment of an object about an external magnetic field. The phenomenon...
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    Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body. In an appropriate reference frame it can be defined as a change in...
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    The geodetic effect (also known as geodetic precession, de Sitter precession or de Sitter effect) represents the effect of the curvature of spacetime,...
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    interaction in a hydrogen atom (Thomas precession), creating an approximate theory of N {\displaystyle N} -body quantum systems (Thomas-Fermi theory), and devising...
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  • In general relativity, Lense–Thirring precession or the Lense–Thirring effect (Austrian German: [ˈlɛnsɛ ˈtɪrɪŋ]; named after Josef Lense and Hans Thirring)...
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  • nature of it. Relativistic Precession (disambiguation) Thomas precession, a special relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope in a rotating...
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  • implement a dedicated mission aimed to measure the Lense–Thirring node precession of a pair of counter-orbiting spacecraft to be placed in terrestrial polar...
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  • corrections to the Newtonian precession, of a gyroscope near a large mass such as the earth. They are: Thomas precession a special relativistic correction...
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  • co-moving frame of the electron. The second contribution is related to Thomas precession. The Larmor interaction energy is Δ H L = − μ ⋅ B . {\displaystyle...
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    equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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  • equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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  • Alabama, USA: Taylor & Francis. p. 160. Calvert, J.B. (2003). "The Particle Electron and Thomas Precession". Arteha, S.N. "Spin and the Thomas precession"....
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    equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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  • A. A. (2006). Beyond the Einstein Addition Law and its Gyroscopic Thomas Precession: The Theory of Gyrogroups and Gyrovector Spaces (illustrated ed.)...
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  • Gravitational time dilation: Clocks run slower in deeper gravitational wells. Precession: Orbits precess in a way unexpected in Newton's theory of gravity. (This...
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    speed limit, mass–energy equivalence, the speed of causality and the Thomas precession. It has, for example, replaced the conventional notion of an absolute...
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    transport of polarization vectors along such sphere gives rise to Thomas precession, which is analogous to the rotation of the swing plane of Foucault...
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  • equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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  • equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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    Wigner rotations can combine to produce a net rotation called the Thomas precession. The rotation was discovered by Émile Borel in 1913, rediscovered...
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    frames. Accompanying velocity addition is a kinematic effect known as Thomas precession, whereby successive non-collinear Lorentz boosts become equivalent...
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    Mark D. (2004). "Relativistic velocity space, Wigner rotation, and Thomas precession". American Journal of Physics. 72 (7): 90–93. arXiv:gr-qc/0501070...
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    generate a naked singularity at the front of the bubble. Allen Everett and Thomas Roman comment on Krasnikov's finding (Krasnikov tube): [The finding] does...
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  • contraction Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Ladder paradox Twin paradox Terrell rotation Spacetime Light cone...
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    {v} _{\mathrm {A|B} }} This peculiar lack of symmetry is related to Thomas precession and the fact that two successive Lorentz transformations rotate the...
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    equivalence Relativity of simultaneity Relativistic Doppler effect Thomas precession Relativistic disk Bell's spaceship paradox Ehrenfest paradox Spacetime...
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    units of electricity. The wave properties of light were well known since Thomas Young. In the 19th century, physicists believed light was propagating in...
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  • vectors defining a plane are involved. An example in physics is the Thomas precession which includes the rotation given by Rodrigues' formula, in terms...
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