Modern Physics (Special Relativity)

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Lectures

  • Lecture 0. [Invitation to Special Relativity]
  • Lecture 1. [Infamous Experiments]
  • Lecture 2. [Einstein's Postulates]
  • Lecture 3. [Lorentz Transformation]
  • Lecture 4. [Mass-Energy Equivalence]
  • Lecture 5. [Relativistic Dynamics]
  • Lecture 6. [Relativistic Energy-Momentum]
  • Lecture 7. [Collisions]

Numerical Problems

Remarks

  1. When solving assignments, try to draw a neat & physical diagram of events and explain the symbols. Read the question carefully and after solving the problem, frame and write a clear sentence of answer that is asked in the question.

Topics

  1. Michelson-Morley experiment, Lorentz transformation, time-dilation and length contraction, velocity addition rule.
  2. Relativistic dynamics, elastic collision between two particles, idea of relativistic momentum and relativistic mass, mass-energy equivalence.

Study Materials

  1. Introduction to Special Relativity - R. Resnick.
  2. The Special Theory of Relativity - Banerji and Banerjee.
  3. Modern Physics - A.Beiser/Mani-Mehta.