Chapter 37 Special Relativity. 37.2: The postulates: The Michelson-Morley experiment Validity of Maxwell’s equations.

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Chapter 37 Special Relativity

37.2: The postulates: The Michelson-Morley experiment Validity of Maxwell’s equations

37.2: The postulates, The Ultimate Speed: The speed of light in vacuum has been defined to be exactly c = m/s. It is found to be the ultimate speed.

37.3: Measuring an Event: An event is something that happens, and every event can be assigned three space coordinates and one time coordinate. 1.The Space Coordinates. We imagine the observer’s coordinate system fitted with a close- packed, three-dimensional array of measuring rods, one set of rods parallel to each of the three coordinate axes. These rods provide a way to determine coordinates along the axes. 2.The Time Coordinate. For the time coordinate, we imagine that every point of intersection in the array of measuring rods includes a tiny clock, which the observer can read because the clock is illuminated by the light generated by the event. 3.The Spacetime Coordinates. The observer can now assign spacetime coordinates to an event by simply recording the time on the clock nearest the event and the position as measured on the nearest measuring rods. If there are two events, the observer computes their separation in time as the difference in the times on clocks near each and their separation in space from the differences in coordinates on rods near each.

37.3: Measuring an Event: # Synchronization of all clocks is needed and achievable.

37.4: The Relativity of Simultaneity:

37.4: The Relativity of Simultaneity, A Closer Look: Fig The spaceships of Sally and Sam and the occurrences of events from Sam’s view. Sally’s ship moves rightward with velocity, v. (a) Event Red occurs at positions RR’ and event Blue occurs at positions BB’; each event sends out a wave of light. (b) Sam simultaneously detects the waves from event Red and event Blue. (c) Sally detects the wave from event Red. (d) Sally detects the wave from event Blue. With the postulate of constant speed of light, Sally would say event Red happens earlier.

37.5: The Relativity of Time:

In the previous case, Sally measures a proper time interval, and Sam measures a greater time interval. The amount by which a measured time interval is greater than the corresponding proper time interval is called time dilation.  is called the Lorentz factor.

Example, Time dilation of spacecraft which returns to Earth :

Example, Time dilation and travel distance for a relativistic particle :

37.6: The Relativity of Length:

Let L 0 be the length of a rod that you measure when the rod is stationary (meaning you and it are in the same reference frame, the rod’s rest frame). If, instead, there is relative motion at speed v between you and the rod along the length of the rod, then with simultaneous measurements you obtain a length L given by Since the Lorentz factor  is always greater than unity if there is relative motion, L is less than L 0.

37.6: The Relativity of Length, Proof: Consider that both Sally, seated on a train moving through a station, and Sam, again on the station platform, want to measure the length of the platform. Sam, using a tape measure, finds the length to be L 0, a proper length, because the platform is at rest with respect to him. Sam also notes that Sally, on the train, moves through this length in a time  t =L 0 /v, where v is the speed of the train. Therefore, For Sally, however, the platform is moving past her. She finds that the two events measured by Sam occur at the same place in her reference frame. She can time them with a single stationary clock, and so the interval t 0 that she measures is a proper time interval. To her, the length L of the platform is given by Therefore, and finally,

Example, Time dilation and length contraction :

Example, Time dilation and length contraction as seen in outrunning a supernova :

37.7: The Galilean Transformation:

37.7: The Lorentz Transformation Equations: (The equations are written with the assumption that t =t’= 0 when the origins of S and S’ coincide.) The Lorentz transformation equations are: Based on the constancy of the speed of light in all inertial frames

37.7: The Lorentz Transformation Equations:

37.8: Some Consequences of Lorentz Transformation Equations: Simultaneity:

37.8: Some Consequences of Lorentz Transformation Equations: Time Dilation:

37.8: Some Consequences of Lorentz Transformation Equations: Length Contraction:

Example, Time dilation and reversing the sequence of events :

Example, Time dilation and reversing the sequence of events, cont. :

37.9: The Relativity of Velocities:

37.10: The Doppler Effect of Light: The Doppler effect is a shift in detected frequency for traveling waves. The Doppler effect for light waves depends on only one velocity, the relative velocity, v, between source and detector, as measured from the reference frame of either. Let f 0 represent the proper frequency of the source—that is, the frequency that is measured by an observer in the rest frame of the source. Let f represent the frequency detected by an observer moving with velocity relative to that rest frame. Then, when the direction of is directly away from the source, For low speeds (  « 1), this equation can be expanded in a power series in  and approximated as

37.10: The Doppler Effect of Light, Astronomical Effect: # Red shift and blue shift

37.10: The Doppler Effect of Light, Transverse Doppler Effect: The transverse Doppler effect. In terms of period of oscillations, Where T o is the proper period. The Doppler effect of light in general:

37.11: A New Look at Momentum: # momentum conservation in danger with the old definition p =mv # concept of four vectors, proper time as a scalar

37.11: A New Look at Energy, Total Energy: In a system undergoing a chemical or nuclear reaction, a change in the total mass energy of the system due to the reaction is often given as a Q value. The Q value for a reaction is obtained from the relation

37.11: A New Look at Energy, Kinetic Energy: For v << c

37.11: A New Look at Energy, Momentum and Kinetic Energy:

An object’s mass m and the equivalent energy E 0 are related by: This energy that is associated with the mass of an object is called mass energy or rest energy. Masses are usually measured in atomic mass units, where 1 u = kg, and energies are usually measured in electron-volts or multiples of it, where 1 eV= J : A New Look at Energy, Mass Energy:

Example, Energy and momentum of a relativistic electron :

Example, Energy and discrepancy in travel time :

Homework: Problems 14, 20, 32, 38, 58