Generalizations of the Virial Theorem
This paper is a review of three generalizations of the classical virial theorem of Clausius, the first to a continuous distribution of charge and mass moving with relativistic velocity and its associated electromagnetic field, the second to a single Dirac particle in an external electromagnetic fiel...
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| Published in: | American journal of physics Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 219 - 225 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-04-1957
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | This paper is a review of three generalizations of the classical virial theorem of Clausius, the first to a continuous distribution of charge and mass moving with relativistic velocity and its associated electromagnetic field, the second to a single Dirac particle in an external electromagnetic field, and the third to a quantum-mechanical system of particles in a box. Various limiting cases are discussed and tensor versions of the theorem are given where applicable. |
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| ISSN: | 0002-9505 1943-2909 |
| DOI: | 10.1119/1.1934404 |