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Lorenz gauge

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Etymology

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Named after Ludvig Lorenz. This is a different person than Hendrik Antoon Lorentz for whom the Lorentz group is named.

Noun

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Lorenz gauge (plural Lorenz gauges)

  1. (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.
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