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Chapter 28
Special Relativity
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28.1 Events and Inertial Reference Frames
An event is a physical “happening” that occurs at a certain place andtime.
To record the event, each observer uses a reference frame that consists of acoordinate system and a clock.
Each observer is at rest relative to her own reference frame.
An inertial reference frame is one in which Newton’s law of inertia isvalid.
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28.1 Events and Inertial Reference Frames
In this example, the event is the space shuttle lift off.
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28.2 The Postulates of Special Relativity
THE postulates OF SPECIAL RELATIVITY
1. The Relativity Postulate. The laws of physics are the samein every inertial reference frame.
2. The Speed of Light Postulate. The speed of light in a vacuum,measured in any inertial reference frame, always has the same valueof c, no matter how fast the source of light and the observer are moving relative to one another.
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28.2 The Postulates of Special Relativity
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
TIME DILATION
A light clock
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
An observer on the earth sees the light pulse travel a greater distancebetween ticks.
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
Example 1 Time Dilation
The spacecraft is moving past the earth at a constant speed of 0.92 times the speed of light. the astronaut measures the timeinterval between ticks of the spacecraft clock to be 1.0 s. What isthe time interval that an earth observer measures?
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
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28.3 The Relativity of Time: Time Dilation
PROPER TIME INTERVAL
The time interval measured at rest with respect to the clock iscalled the proper time interval.
In general, the proper time interval between events is the time interval measured by an observer who is at rest relative to the events.
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28.4 The Relativity of Length: Length Contraction
The shortening of the distance between two points is oneexample of a phenomenon known as length contraction.
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28.4 The Relativity of Length: Length Contraction
Example 4 The Contraction of a Spacecraft
An astronaut, using a meter stick that is at rest relative to a cylindricalspacecraft, measures the length and diameter to be 82 m and 21 m respectively. The spacecraft moves with a constant speed of 0.95crelative to the earth. What are the dimensions of the spacecraft,as measured by an observer on earth.
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28.4 The Relativity of Length: Length Contraction
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28.5 Relativistic Momentum
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28.6 The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
THE TOTAL ENERGY OF AN OBJECT
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28.6 The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
Example 8 The Sun is Losing Mass
The sun radiates electromagnetic energy at a rate of 3.92x1026W.What is the change in the sun’s mass during each second that it is radiating energy? What fraction of the sun’s mass is lost duringa human lifetime of 75 years.
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28.6 The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
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28.6 The Equivalence of Mass and Energy
Conceptual Example 9 When is a Massless Spring Not Massless?
The spring is initially unstrained and assumed to be massless. Supposethat the spring is either stretched or compressed. Is the mass ofthe spring still zero, or has it changed? If the mass has changed, isthe mass change greater for stretching or compressing?
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28.7 The Relativistic Addition of Velocities
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