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Tutorials On Special Relativity

This document provides 17 tutorial problems related to special relativity concepts including: 1) Calculating fringe shift from motion through ether using wavelength of 589nm. 2) Finding volume and speed needed to halve volume of a moving cube. 3) Calculating length of a moving meter stick at 0.9c speed. 4) Calculating distance traveled before decay of a particle moving at 0.99c. 5) Finding relative speed of two approaching spaceships at 0.8c and 0.9c.

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Tutorials On Special Relativity

This document provides 17 tutorial problems related to special relativity concepts including: 1) Calculating fringe shift from motion through ether using wavelength of 589nm. 2) Finding volume and speed needed to halve volume of a moving cube. 3) Calculating length of a moving meter stick at 0.9c speed. 4) Calculating distance traveled before decay of a particle moving at 0.99c. 5) Finding relative speed of two approaching spaceships at 0.8c and 0.9c.

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Tutorials on Special Relativity 1.

Calculate the fringe shift resulting from the motion of Michelson interferometer through ether, using wavelength =589 nm. 2. A cube with side length L moves with the frame S. (a) Find the volume of the cube as measured by S moving with a uniform velocity with respect to S (b) How fast would the cube have to be moving in order that its volume be halved according to S? 3. A meter-stick, at rest in S , is inclined at an angle with respect to the direction of motion of S relative to S ; S moves past S with the speed 0.9 c. Calculate the length l( ) of the stick as measured by S and draw a graph of l() vs . 4. A certain particle has a life time of 10 -7 s when at rest. How far does it go before decaying, if its speed is 0.99c when it is created? 5. A man on the moon observes two spaceships approaching him from opposite directions with speeds 0.8c and 0.9c. What is the relative speed of the two ships as measured by an observer on either one? 6. For what value of v/c (=) will the relativistic mass of a particle exceed its rest mass by a given fraction f? Plot a graph of f as a function of . 7. Show that 1/2mv2 where m = mo(1-v2/c2)-1/2 is not the true kinetic energy. 8. Sun radiates at 3x1026 W. Find the loss in solar mass in 5x109 y. At this rate of emission, how long will sun last? 9. Find the change in mass of the H atom due to H -transition. 10. At what speed will the kinetic energy be equal to the rest-energy? At what speed will the momentum be moc? 11. Find the momentum, in MeV/c, of a proton having a kinetic energy equal to its restenergy. 12. What is the mass of a 1 BeV electron in terms of rest-mass? 13. A particle of rest mass mo and kinetic energy 2Eo strikes and sticks to a stationary particle of mass 2mo. Find the rest mass of the composite particle. 14. Find the energy of a photon materializing into e- e+ pair which bend in a transverse magnetic field of strength o.o875 tesla into arcs of curvature 3.2 and 6.4 cm, respectively.

15. The average life time of meson at rest is 2.3 s. certain mesons in flight show an average life of 6.9 s. What is their speed? What is their mass, if m o = 207 me? What are the values of T (kinetic energy) and P (linear momentum)? 16. A particle has a kinetic energy of 62 MeV and momentum of 335 MeV/c. Find the rest mass and speed. 17. Two photons having energies 200 and 100 MeV travel in perpendicular directions. Find their total momentum and energy. If a single particle had the same energy and momentum, find its mass. In what direction would it travel?

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