A Traveler's Guide to Spacetime: An Introduction to the Special Theory of RelativityPresents a supplement providing an introduction to topics in special relativity. This work is intended for a general physics class, or advanced course in special relativity. |
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The Principle of Relativity | 1 |
Synchronization Units and Spacetime Diagrams | 25 |
PROBLEMS | 33 |
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acceleration Ad² Ar² As² ATAB axis ball beam causal chapter clock present clock traveling collision components conservation of four-momentum Consider constant velocity coordinate differences coordinate system defined definition distance earth emitted events measured events occur FIGURE first-law detector Frame moves Frame stick frame-independent galilean velocity transformation ground frame Home Frame Imagine implies inertial clock inertial frame inertial reference frame kinetic energy laboratory lattice law of conservation laws of physics length light flash Lorentz contraction Lorentz transformation equations mass master clock Maxwell's equations measuring stick metric equation motion muon Newton's first law newtonian momentum object observed origin event P₁ particle pathlength photon plane points principle of relativity problem quantity relativistic energy relativistic momentum rest shown in Fig slope space spacelike spaceship spacetime coordinates spacetime interval spatial origin special relativity speed of light speed ẞ two-observer spacetime diagram units velocity transformation equations worldline