The special theory of relativity = f...
Christodoulides, Costas.

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  • The special theory of relativity = foundations, theory, verification, applications /
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    正題名/作者: The special theory of relativity/ by Costas Christodoulides.
    其他題名: foundations, theory, verification, applications /
    作者: Christodoulides, Costas.
    出版者: Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2016.,
    面頁冊數: xvii, 480 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
    內容註: Historical Introduction -- The Main Landmarks in the Development of the Special Theory of Relativity -- The Principle of Relativity of Galileo. Galileo's Invariance Hypothesis. The Law of Inertia. Inertial Frames of Reference Relativity -- Romer and the Speed of Light -- Newton's Laws of Motion. Inertia and Inertial Frames of Reference -- The Aberration of Light -- Arago's Measurements Concerning the Constancy of the Speed of Light from Stars -- Measurements of the Speed of Light in the Laboratory -- Attempts to Measure the Dragging of Aether by Moving Media -- Maxwell's Equations and the Wave Equation -- The Experiment of Michelson and Morley -- The Lorentz-Fitzgerald Contraction Hypothesis -- The Increase of the Mass of the Electron with Speed -- The Invariance of Maxwell's Equations and the Lorentz Transformation -- The Formulation of the Special Theory of Relativity -- Prolegomena -- Inertial Frames of Reference -- The Calibration of a Frame of Reference and the Synchronization of its Clocks -- The Relativity of Simultaneity -- The Relativity of Time and Length -- The Inevitability of the Special Theory of Relativity -- Relativistic Kinematics -- The Lorentz Transformation for the Coordinates of an Event -- The Transformation of Velocity -- The Transformation of Acceleration -- Applications of Relativistic Kinematics -- The 'Meson' Paradox -- The apparent focusing of fast charged particle beams due to the dilation of time -- The Sagnac Effect -- Clocks Moving Around the Earth -- The Experiment of Hafele and Keating -- Einstein's Train -- The Twin Paradox -- Motion with a Constant Proper Acceleration. Hyperbolic Motion -- Two Successive Lorentz Transformations. The Wigner Rotation -- Optical Phenomena -- The Aberration of Light -- Fizeau's Experiment. Fresnel's Aether Dragging Theory -- The Doppler Effect -- Relativistic Beaming or the Headlight Effect -- The Pressure Exerted by Light -- Relativistic Dynamics -- The Dfinition of Relativistic Momentum. Relativistic Mass -- Relativistic Energy -- The Relationship Between Momentum and Energy -- Classical Approximations -- Particles with Zero Rest Mass -- The Conservation of Momentum and of Energy -- The Equivalence of Mass and Energy -- The Transformation of Momentum and Energy -- The Zero-Momentum Frame of Reference -- The Transformation of the Total Momentum and the Total Energy of a System of Particles -- The Collision of two Identical Particles -- The Transformation of Force -- Motion Under the Influence of a Constant Force. The Motion of a Charged Particle in a Constant Uniform Electric Field -- The Motion of a Charged Particle in a Constant Homogeneous Magnetic Field -- Applications of Relativistic Dynamics -- The Compton Effect -- The Inverse Compton Effect -- The Consequences of the Special Theory of Relativity on the Design of Particle Accelerators -- Mass Defect and Binding Energy of the Atomic Nucleus -- Threshold Energy -- The General Equations for the Motion of a Relativistic Rocket -- Minkowski's Spacetime and Four-Vectors -- The 'World' of Minkowski -- Four-Vectors -- Electromagnetism -- Introduction -- The Invariance of Electric Charge -- The Transformations of the Electric Field and the Magnetic Field -- The Fields of a Moving Electric Charge -- The Derivation of the Differential form of the Biot-Savart Law from Coulomb's Law -- The Force Exerted on a Moving Charge by an Electric Current -- Experiments -- The Speed of Light -- The Aether -- The Dilation of Time -- The Relativistic Doppler Effect -- The Contraction of Length -- The Test of the Predictions of Relativistic Kinematics -- The Sagnac Effect -- The Relativistic Mass -- The Equivalence of Mass and Energy -- The Test of the Predictions of Relativistic Dynamics -- The Invariance of Electric Charge -- Appendix 1. The Paradox of the Room and the Rod -- Appendix 2. The Appearance of Moving Bodies -- Appendix 3. The Derivation of the Expression for the Relativistic Mass in General -- Appendix .4. The Invariance of the Equations of Maxwell and the Wave Equation Under the Lorentz Transformation -- Appendix 5. Tachyons -- Appendix 6. The Lorentz Transformation in Matrix Form -- Appendix 7. Table of Some Functions of the Speed -- Solutions of the Problem.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    標題: Special relativity (Physics) -
    電子資源: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25274-2
    ISBN: 9783319252742$q(electronic bk.)
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