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Zbl 1024.83002
Ungar, Abraham
The relativistic center of momentum.
(English)
[A] Mladenov, Iva\" ilo M. (ed.) et al., Proceedings of the 4th international conference on geometry, integrability and quantization, Sts. Constantine and Elena, Bulgaria, June 6-15, 2002. Sofia: Coral Press Scientific Publishing. 316-325 (2003). ISBN 954-90618-4-1/pbk

Summary: Since {\it M. H. L. Preyce's} study of the relativistic center of momentum [Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 195, 62-81 (1948; Zbl 0032.23605)] it is believed that the classical notion of the center of mass can be extended to special relativity theory only in at least one Lorentz frame'' (in Goldstein's words). The aim of this work is, accordingly, to study the relativistic center of mass in a way fully analogous to its Newtonian counterpart.
MSC 2000:
*83A05 Special relativity
53C80 Appl. of global differential geometry to physics

Keywords: relativistic center of momentum; center of mass; special relativity theory; Lorentz frame

Citations: Zbl 0032.23605

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