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polarization vectors

polarization vectors is the plural of polarization vector.

Meaning of polarization vector

Noun

polarization vector (plural polarization vectors)

  1. One of a set of three spacelike (and possibly also one timelike) four-dimensional vectors which are orthonormal within some inertial reference frame.
    • A massive spin 1 particle has three degrees of polarization for the obvious reason that in its rest frame its spin vector can point in three different directions. The three polarization vectors #92;epsilon#95;#92;mu#123;(a)#125; are simply the three unit vectors pointing along the x, y, and z axes...2003, A. Zee, Quantum field theory in a nutshell, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, §I.5, page 32

Questions about polarization vectors

What is polarization vectors the plural of?
Polarization vectors is the plural of polarization vector.

Words near polarization vectors in the dictionary

  1. polarization charge
  2. polarization charges
  3. polarization time
  4. polarization times
  5. polarization vector
  6. polarization vectors
  7. polarizations
  8. polarize
  9. polarized
  10. polarized light
  11. polarizer

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