Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2003-10-31
Physics
Mathematical Physics
Latex 28 pages, based on the papers presented by the last author(YSK) at a number of conferences, including the 8th Internatio
Scientific paper
According to Eugene Wigner, quantum mechanics is a physics of Fourier transformations, and special relativity is a physics of Lorentz transformations. Since two-by-two matrices with unit determinant form the group SL(2,c) which acts as the universal covering group of the Lorentz group, the two-by-two matrices constitute the natural language for special relativity. The central language for optical instruments is the two-by-two matrix called the beam transfer matrix, or the so-called ABCD matrix. It is shown that the ABCD matrices also form the SL(2,C) group. Thus, it is possible to perform experiments in special relativity using optical instruments. Likewise, the optical instruments can be explained in terms of the symmetry of relativistic particles.
Baskal Sibel
Georgieva Elena
Kim Yong Seol
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