The non-relativistic limits of the Maxwell and Dirac equations: The role of Galilean and gauge invariance

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-187

  Holland, Peter ^a   Brown, Harvey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dirac equations; Galilean invariance; Gauge invariance; Maxwell equations; Non relativistic limits of relativistics theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409079     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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