English Explanatory Dictionary

Lorenz gauge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Lorenz gauge Lorenz gauges

Etymology

Named after Ludvig Lorenz. This is a different person than Hendrik Antoon Lorentz for whom the Lorentz group is named.

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