Spin Precision of a Classical Particle

Abstract

A DISCUSSION IS PRESENTED OF THE EQUATION OF MOTION FOR THE INTRINSIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF A CLASSICAL PARTICLE PLACED IN A HOMOGENEOUS EXTERNAL ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD. THE ANTISYMMETRIC TENSOR REPRESENTATION IS ADOPTED FOR THE INTRINSIC ANGULAR MOMENTUM, FOLLOWED BY THE SELECTION OF THE MOST GENERAL EQUATION OF MOTION CONSISTENT WITH A SET OF REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS. THE DISCUSSION IS THAN REPEATED USING THE FOURVECTOR REPRESENTATION, AND THE EQUIVALENCE OF THE TWO APPROACHES IS SHOWN. THE EQUATION OF MOTION DERIVED EARLIER IS USED TO OBTAIN AN EXPLICIT EXPRESSION FOR THE ANGULAR VELOCITY OF PRECESSION OF THE INTRINSIC SPIN

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1960
Accession Number
AD0250498

Entities

People

  • C. W. Hirt
  • G. W. Ford

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Couplings
  • Differential Equations
  • Dipole Moments
  • Dipoles
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Government Procurement
  • Magnetic Dipoles
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Military Research
  • Momentum
  • Precession
  • Quantum Properties

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Linear Algebra
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics