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Behaviour of Charged Spinning Massless Particles
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: Received: 6 November 2017 / Approved: 6 November 2017 / Online: 6 November 2017 (14:49:29 CET)
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Morales, I.; Neves, B.; Oporto, Z.; Piguet, O. Behaviour of Charged Spinning Massless Particles. Symmetry 2017, 10, 2, doi:10.3390/sym10010002. Morales, I.; Neves, B.; Oporto, Z.; Piguet, O. Behaviour of Charged Spinning Massless Particles. Symmetry 2017, 10, 2, doi:10.3390/sym10010002.
Abstract
We review some properties of a relativistic classical massless charged particle with spin interacting with an external electromagnetic field. We give in particular a proper definition of kinetic energy and total energy, the latter being conserved when the external field is stationary. We find that the particle’s velocity may differ from c as a result of the spin - electromagnetic field interaction, without jeopardizing Lorentz invariance.
Keywords
Lorentz symmetry; massless charged particle; spinning particle; relativistic particle
Subject
Physical Sciences, Mathematical Physics
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