Meanings
nounLorenz gauge (plural Lorenz gauges)
plural Lorenz gauges
- electrical engineeringA partial gauge fixing of the electromagnetic vector potential, used to eliminate the redundant spin-0 component in the (1/2,1/2) representation of the Lorentz group.
Origin
Named after Ludvig Lorenz. This is a different person than Hendrik Antoon Lorentz for whom the Lorentz group is named.
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