8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January (IAP) 2003

Jaffe, Robert L.

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Jaffe, Robert L.

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Introduction to Special Relativity

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Abstract

Introduces the basic ideas and equations of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity. Topics include: Lorentz transformations, length contraction and time dilation, four vectors, Lorentz invariants, relativistic energy and momentum, relativistic kinematics, Doppler shift, space-time diagrams, relativity paradoxes, and some concepts of General Relativity.

Date issued

2003-01

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35897

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics

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8.20-January(IAP)2003

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Keywords

Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity, Lorentz transformations, length contraction, time dilation, four vectors, Lorentz invariants, relativistic energy and momentum, relativistic kinematics, Doppler shift, space-time diagrams, relativity paradoxes, General Relativity, Special relativity (Physics)

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