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什么是 Four-vectors?

Definition 6.1 University Physics — Year 3 · 第 6 章 — Covariant Electromagnetism

A four-vector is a quadruple aμ=(a0,a→)a^\mu = (a^0, \vect a), μ=0,1,2,3\mu = 0, 1, 2, 3, whose components mix under a boost exactly as (ct,r→)(ct, \vect r) do:

a′0=γ(a0−βa1),a′1=γ(a1−βa0),a′2,3=a2,3a'^0 = \gamma(a^0 - \beta a^1) , \qquad a'^1 = \gamma(a^1 - \beta a^0) , \qquad a'^{2,3} = a^{2,3}

for a boost at βc\beta c along xx. Any two four-vectors give the invariant scalar product a⋅b=a0b0−a→⋅b→a\cdot b = a^0b^0 - \vect a\cdot\vect b, the same number in every frame — the pattern behind c2t2−x2c^2t^2 - x^2 and E2−p2c2E^2 - p^2c^2. Position (ct,r→)(ct, \vect r) and four-momentum (E/c,p→)(E/c, \vect p) are the two we have; electromagnetism now supplies three more: current, potential, and wave-vector.

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