The Lorentz factor

Lipson, H.; Langford, J. I.; Hu, H.-C.

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International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 6.2, p. 596

Section 6.2.4. The Lorentz factor

H. Lipson,^a ^‡ J. I. Langford^a and H.-C. Hu^b

^a School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England, and ^bChina Institute of Atomic Energy, PO Box 275 (18), Beijing 102413, People's Republic of China

6.2.4. The Lorentz factor

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There has been some argument over the meaning to be attached to the term Lorentz factor, probably because Lorentz did not publish his results in the ordinary way; they appear in a note added in proof to a paper on temperature effects by Debye (1914). Ordinarily, Lorentz factor is used for the trigonometric part of the angular-velocity factor, or its equivalent, if the sample is stationary. (See below).

References

Debye, P. (1914). Interferenz von Röntgenstrahlen und Wärmebewegung. Ann. Phys. (Leipzig), 43, 49–95.Google Scholar

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. C. ch. 6.2, p. 596