IOPscience

Physics-Uspekhi

Quick search Find article
Quick search
Find article
Physics-Uspekhi Volume 49 Number 8 Create an alert RSS this journal

Grigorii B Malykin 2006 Phys.-Usp. 49 837 doi:10.1070/PU2006v049n08ABEH005870

Thomas precession: correct and incorrect solutions

Grigorii B Malykin1

Show affiliations

Tag this article Full text PDF (704 KB)

Abstract References Cited By

FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS

A wealth of different expressions for the frequency of the Thomas precession (TP) can be found in the literature, with the consequence that this issue has been discussed over a long period of time. It is shown that the correct result was obtained in the works of several authors, which were published more than forty years ago but remained unnoticed against the background of numerous erroneous works. Several TP-related physical paradoxes formulated primarily to disprove the special relativity theory are shown to be fallacious. Different techniques for deriving the correct expression are considered and the reasons for the emergence of the main incorrect expressions for the TP frequency are analyzed.

PACS

03.30.+p Special relativity

03.65.Vf Phases: geometric; dynamic or topological

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Dates

Issue 8 (2006)



Your last 10 viewed
  1. Thomas precession: correct and incorrect solutions

    Grigorii B Malykin 2006 Phys.-Usp. 49 837

  2. Polymer and Fock representations for a scalar field

    Abhay Ashtekar et al 2003 Class. Quantum Grav. 20 L11

  3. Finite-temperature properties of ultra-thin lead films on gold (110) surfaces

    K De'Bell and D Imeson 1997 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 9 5719

  4. Optical Limiting Properties of Two Soluble Polymer/Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube Composites

    Qiu Xue-Qiong et al 2008 Chinese Phys. Lett. 25 536

  5. Magnetic fields and the cosmic microwave background

    C A Clarkson and A A Coley 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 1305

  6. Archimedes principle in a rotating compressible fluid

    P Y Chu et al 1992 Eur. J. Phys. 13 17

  7. Drop Size Dependence of the Contact Angle of Nanodroplets

    Guo Hong-Kai and Fang Hai-Ping 2005 Chinese Phys. Lett. 22 787

  8. Thermoluminescence of SrSO4:Dy and BaSO4:Dy (dosimetric properties)

    R L Dixon and K E Ekstrand 1974 Phys. Med. Biol. 19 196

  9. Properties of quark matter produced in heavy-ion collision

    J Zimányi et al 2005 J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 31 711

  10. Classical radionuclidic calorimetry

    R Collé 2007 Metrologia 44 S118

Users also read

What's this?
This innovative new feature generates a list of articles 'also read' by other users based on them reading the original article. Article abstracts citations and references are all considered and weighted accordingly. We hope that this will help you find relevant papers for your research.

  1. Topological phase in classical mechanics
  2. Elementary analysis of the special relativistic combination of velocities, Wigner rotation and Thomas precession
  3. The Sagnac effect: correct and incorrect explanations

Related review articles

What's this?
View review articles related to this research to gain an insight into the key trends in this subject area. Related review articles are selected based on PACS/MSC codes, and are no more than three years old.

  1. Similarity theory in neutron kinetics and its implications for RFNC – VNIIEF applied research
  2. Optical Department of the Lebedev Physical Institute: early work on lasers
  3. Self-focusing of laser pulses: current state and future prospects
More

Share

View by subject




Export








Please login to access our web services, or create an account if you don't yet have one.

You must have cookies enabled in your web browser to be able to login.

Username
Password

Forgotten your password? Get a new one here.