TY - JOUR T1 - The Lorentz group and the Thomas precession. II. Exact results for the product of two boosts JF - Journal of Mathematical Physics Y1 - 1986 A1 - Nikos Angelos Salingaros AB -

The product of two Lorentz boosts in different directions is equal to the product of a pure boost and a spatial rotation. To second order, the resulting boost is simply the sum of the individual boosts, and the rotation is responsible for the Thomas precession. Here the resulting boost and the rotation correction are calculated exactly. The calculation of higher‐order corrections to the sum of two finite Lorentz boosts is not usually done, and here previous exact results are critically compared. The complete expression is, to the best of the author’s knowledge, a new result.

VL - 27 SP - 157 UR - http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jmp/27/1/10.1063/1.527357 CP - 1 J1 - J. Math. Phys. ID - AZ-CF-176731 M3 - 10.1063/1.527357 SN - 00222488 ER -