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    This physics assignment contains 11 problems related to relativistic effects involving kinetic energy, time dilation, length contraction, and the Doppler effect. The problems involve calculating kinetic energies and time intervals as observed from different inertial frames moving at relativistic speeds relative to each other. They also involve determining lengths, lifetimes, and angles as observed between frames in different states of motion.

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    PH -1001 (Physics - I)

    Assignment -I

    1. Kinetic energy is conserved in an elastic collision by definition. Show, using the Galilean
    transformation equations, that if a collision is elastic in one inertial frame it is elastic in
    all inertial frames.

    2. An electron whose speed relative to an observer in a laboratory is 0.800c is also being


    studied by an observer moving in the same direction as the electron at speed of 0.500c
    relative to the laboratory. What is the kinetic energy (in MeV) of the electron to each
    observer ?

    3. An observer on a spacecraft moving at 0.700c relative to the earth finds that a car takes
    40.0min to make a trip. How long does the trip take to the driver of the car?

    4. The Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon in 1969 traveled there at a speed
    relative to the earth of 1.08 × 104 m/s. To an observer on the earth, how much longer
    than his own day was a day on the spacecraft?

    5. How much time does a meter stick moving at 0.100c relative to an observer take to pass
    the observer? The meter stick is parallel to its direction of motion.

    6. An astronaut. whose height on the earth is exactly 6ft is lying parallel to the axis of a
    spacecraft moving at 0.90c relative to the earth. What is his height as measured by an
    observer in the same spacecraft? By an observer on the earth?

    7. A certain particle has a lifetime of 1.00 × 10− 7 s when measured at rest. How far does it
    go before decaying if its speed is 0.99c when it is created?

    8. Two observers, A on earth and B in a spacecraft whose speed is 2.00 × 108 m/s, both set
    their watches to the same time when the ship is abreast of the earth. (a) How much time
    must elapse by A’s reckoning before the watches differ by 1.00 s? (b) To A, B’s watch
    seems to run slow. To B, does A’s watch seem to run fast, run slow, or keep the same
    time as his own watch?

    9. How fast must a spacecraft travel relative to the earth for each day on the spacecraft to
    correspond to 2 day on the earth?

    10. A spacecraft receding from the earth emits radio waves at a constant frequency of 109 Hz.
    If the receiver on earth can measure frequencies to the nearest hertz, at what spacecraft
    speed can the difference between the relativistic and classical Doppler effects be detected?
    For the classical effect, assume the earth is stationary.

    11. A spacecraft antenna is at an angle of 10◦ relative to the axis of the spacecraft. If the
    spacecraft moves away from the earth at a speed of 0.70c, what is the angle of the antenna
    as seen from the earth?

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