Minimal information in velocity space

Details Minimal information in velocity space Minimal information in velocity space

1995-06-14

arxiv.org/abs/bayes-an/9506003v1

Phys. Let. A 201 (1995) 95-102

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

8 pages, to appear in Physics Letters A, LaTeX source file

Scientific paper

10.1016/0375-9601(95)00249-3

Jaynes' transformation group principle is used to derive the objective prior for the velocity of a non-zero rest-mass particle. In the case of classical mechanics, invariance under the classical law of addition of velocities, leads to an improper constant prior over the unbounded velocity space of classical mechanics. The application of the relativistic law of addition of velocities leads to a less simple prior. It can however be rewritten as a uniform volumetric distribution if the relativistic velocity space is given a non-trivial metric.

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