1.5 SPECIAL RELATIVITY Flashcards

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An internal reference frame

ВНУТРІШНЯ ОПОРНА СИСТЕМА

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is one moving at the constant speed, where Newton’s laws hold

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The PRINCIPLES OF RELATIVITY

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  1. When 2 observers are moving at constant speeds RELATIVE to one another (in internal frames), they will observe the same laws of physics
  2. The speed of light (in a vacuum) is the same for all observers
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time dilation

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t’

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lenght contraction

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l’

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paradoxes

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TWIN PARADOX
LENGHT CONSTRACTION OF THE A HIGH SPEED TRAIN

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Lorents factor

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gama
y=1/root of (1-(v2/c2))

HENCE t’=ty and l’=ly

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