Special Relativity Flashcards
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Postulates of Special Relativity
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- The laws of physics are the same in all intertial reference frames
- The speed of light in vacuum is measured as being the same in any reference frame
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Time dilation
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3
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Length contraction
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4
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Lorentz tranformations on space
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5
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Lorentz tranformation on time
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6
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Relativistic velocity addition formula
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7
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Relativistic momentum
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8
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Relativistic energy
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9
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Relativistic energy and momentum
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10
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Lorentz factor (gamma)
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Relativistic Kinetic Energy
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12
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Rest energy
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13
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Four-position
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14
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Lorentz transformation matrices
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15
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Four-momentum
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16
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Four current density
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17
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Wave four-vector
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18
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Invariant (scalar / dot) product
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Invariant interval types
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20
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Square of the four momentum
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21
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Relativistic Doppler shift
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22
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Common beta and gamma values
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23
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Getting beta from relativistic Doppler shift
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24
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Ratio of relativistic doppler shifted freqencies for common beta values
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25
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Relativistic gamma value for a particle given the energy
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