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Thomas precession and spin

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With the help of the infinitesimal covariant Lorentz transformations, it is demonstrated that the Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi classical spin equation naturally involves the Thomas precession. The same results are obtained using the alternative phenomenological approach.

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    V. A. Bordovitsyn & V. V. Telushkin

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 11, pp. 81–86, November, 2006.

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Bordovitsyn, V.A., Telushkin, V.V. Thomas precession and spin. Russ Phys J 49, 1241–1248 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11182-006-0251-1

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