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- Homework Statement
- Check invariance under rotation group in spacetime of a relativistic Newton equation of a charged particle in e-m field with Lorentz force.
- Relevant Equations
- ##\frac{dp^\mu}{ds}=\frac{e}{c}F^{\mu \nu} u_\nu##
I started by inserting ##ds=\sqrt{dx'^{\mu} dx'_{\mu}}## and ##p'^{\mu}=mc \frac{dx'^{\mu}}{ds}##.
So we have:
$$\frac{dp'^{\mu}}{ds}=mc \frac{d}{dx'^{\mu}} \frac{d}{dx'_{\mu}} (x'^{\mu})$$
Now I know that
##dx'^{\mu}=C_\beta \ ^\mu dx^\beta##
and
##dx'_{\mu}=C^\gamma \ _\mu dx_\gamma##
where ##C## is the transformation and ##C_\beta \ ^\mu C^\gamma \ _\mu = \delta^\gamma _\beta##.
Taking this, we have
$$\frac{dp'^{\mu}}{ds}=mc \frac{d}{C_\beta \ ^\mu dx^\beta C^\gamma \ _\mu dx_\gamma} (x'^{\mu})=mc \frac{d}{dx^\beta dx_\beta} (x'^{\mu})=mc \frac{d}{ds} (x'^{\mu})$$
And now if I were to write ##x'^{\mu}=C_\delta \ ^\mu dx^\delta##, this equation wouldn't be an invariant but I think it should be.
So we have:
$$\frac{dp'^{\mu}}{ds}=mc \frac{d}{dx'^{\mu}} \frac{d}{dx'_{\mu}} (x'^{\mu})$$
Now I know that
##dx'^{\mu}=C_\beta \ ^\mu dx^\beta##
and
##dx'_{\mu}=C^\gamma \ _\mu dx_\gamma##
where ##C## is the transformation and ##C_\beta \ ^\mu C^\gamma \ _\mu = \delta^\gamma _\beta##.
Taking this, we have
$$\frac{dp'^{\mu}}{ds}=mc \frac{d}{C_\beta \ ^\mu dx^\beta C^\gamma \ _\mu dx_\gamma} (x'^{\mu})=mc \frac{d}{dx^\beta dx_\beta} (x'^{\mu})=mc \frac{d}{ds} (x'^{\mu})$$
And now if I were to write ##x'^{\mu}=C_\delta \ ^\mu dx^\delta##, this equation wouldn't be an invariant but I think it should be.