The Extended Maxwell Algebra (and Two Different Ways of Constructing a Particle Model)

Vries, Jelmar, de (2020) The Extended Maxwell Algebra (and Two Different Ways of Constructing a Particle Model). Bachelor's Thesis, Physics.

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Abstract

The Maxwell group, an extension of the Poincaré group, which contains spacetime transformations in special relativity, can itself be extended repeatedly. We examine one of these extensions, Maxwell3, derive from it equations of motion obeying its symmetries using two different methods and interpret these equations. One of these methods produces equations of motion of a particle travelling in an electromagnetic field linear in space and time; the other one produces the same external field, but grants an additional term of a particle which is linearly polarized by the external field, such that the electric and magnetic polarizabilities are equal and opposite.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis)
Supervisor name:	Roest, D.
Degree programme:	Physics
Thesis type:	Bachelor's Thesis
Language:	English
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2020 09:52
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2020 09:52
URI:	https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/22560

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