Lorenz gauge
(Redirected from Lorentz gauge)
English edit
Etymology edit
Named after Ludvig Lorenz. This is a different person than Hendrik Antoon Lorentz for whom the Lorentz group is named.
Noun edit
Lorenz gauge (plural Lorenz gauges)
- (electromagnetism) A 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.