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Physical Review A

Lorentz covariance of photon dynamics

Richard J. Cook

Published Nov 1, 1982• 64 citations
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Abstract

Recently, the author put forward a theory of the motion of photons in physical space, which provides a new approach to problems of photon-counting statistics. Here that theory is briefly reviewed, and a proof of its Lorentz covariance is given.
DOI
10.1103/physreva.26.2754

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