Essays about: "smooth spinning particle"

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  1. 1. Symmetries of the Point Particle

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teoretisk fysik

    Author : Alexander Söderberg; [2014]
    Keywords : symmetries; spin; classical physics; classical field theory; action; smooth spinning particle; pauli-lubanski; noether; theorem; poincare group; lorentz group; galilean transformations; relativistic; equations of motion; boost; rotation; translation; quantization; bosonic string; rigid particle; momentum; momenta; generators;

    Abstract : We study point particles to illustrate the various symmetries such as the Poincaré group and its non-relativistic version. In order to find the Noether charges and the Noether currents, which are conserved under physical symmetries, we study Noether’s theorem. READ MORE