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Physics GRE - Relativity
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Physics
Undergraduate 4
10/21/2012

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Term

Relative time between 2 events:

 

Δt=

Definition

 

 

 

=γΔtp

 

(tp=proper time)

Term

Length of contracted object:

 

L=

Definition

 

 

 

=Lp

 

(Lp= proper length)

Term

Relativistic Momentum:

 

p=

Definition

 

 

 

=γmv



(= velocity of object)

Term

Relativistic kinetic energy:

 

T=

Definition

 

 

 

=(γ-1)mc2

Term

Total Relativistic Energy:

 

ET=

Definition

 

 

=γmc2=pc-mc2

 


 

=pc (massless particles)

Term

Relativistic Transforms:

x'=

y'=

z'=

t'=

 

(motion in x-direction only)

Definition

 

=γ(x-Vt)

 

=y

 

=z

 

=γ(1-xV/c2)

Term

Relativistic Velocity transforms:

vx'=

vy'=

vz'=

 

(Motion in x direction)

Definition

 

=vx-V/(1-Vvx/c2)

 

=vy/(γ(1-vxV/c2)

 

=vz/(γ(1-vxV/c2)

Term

     β → γ

.1

  .25

 .5

   .75

 .9

Definition

γ=

1.005

1.033

1.155

1.51

2.29

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