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1)A spaceship whose rest length is 350 m has a speed of 0.

82c with respect to a certain


reference frame. A micrometeorite, also with a speed of 0.82c in this frame, passes the
spaceship on an antiparallel track. How long does it take this object to pass the ship as
measured on the ship?

2)

observer S detects two flashes of light. A big flash occurs at x1=1200mand, 𝛍5.00μslater,
a small flash occurs at x2=480m. As detected by observer S', the two flashes occur at a
single coordinate x'. (a) What is the speed parameter of S', and (b) is S' moving in the
positive or negative direction of the x axis? To S', (c) which flash occurs first and (d) what is
the time interval between the flashes?

3) A spaceship is moving away from Earth at speed 0.20c. A source on the rear of the ship
emits light at wavelength 450 nm according to someone on the ship. What (a) wavelength
and (b) color (blue, green, yellow, or red) are detected by someone on Earth watching the
ship?

4) How much work must be done to increase the speed of an electron (a) from 0.18c to
0.19c and (b) from 0.98c to 0.99c? Note that the speed increase is 0.01c in both cases.

5) n a high-energy collision between a cosmic-ray particle and a particle near the top of
Earth’s atmosphere, 120 km above sea level, a pion is created. The pion has a total energy
E of 1.35×105MeVand is travelling vertically downward. In the pion’s rest frame, the pion
decays 35.0 ns after its creation. At what altitude above sea level, as measured from
Earth’s reference frame, does the decay occur? The rest energy of a pion is 139.6 MeV.

6) What must be the momentum of a particle with mass m so that the total energy of the
particle is 3.00 times its rest energy?
7) If m is a particle’s mass, p is its momentum magnitude, and K is its kinetic energy, show

that

8) Figure shows a ship (attached to reference frame S') passing us (standing in reference
frame S) with velocity v→=0.950ci^. A proton is fired at speed 0.980c relative to the ship
from the front of the ship to the rear. The proper length of the ship is 760 m . What is the
temporal separation between the time the proton is fired and the time it hits the rear wall of
the ship according to (a) a passenger in the ship and (b) us? Suppose that, instead, the
proton is fired from the rear to the front. What then is the temporal separation between the
time it is fired and the time it hits the front wall according to (c) the passenger and (d) us?

9) The radius of Earth is 6370km, and its orbital speed about the Sun is 30km/s. Suppose
Earth moves past an observer at this speed. To the observer, by how much does Earth’s
diameter contract along the direction of motion?

10) A particle with mass m has speed c/2 relative to inertial frame S. The particle collides
with an identical particle at rest relative to frame S. Relative to S, what is the speed of a
frame S’ in which the total momentum of these particles is zero? (0.27c)

Relativistic Force and Acceleration Problems

Problem 1: Parallel Acceleration

A particle with a rest mass m = 1 kg is moving at v = 0.6c under a constant force F = 10^3 N, parallel
to its motion. Calculate the acceleration at this speed.

Problem 2: Perpendicular Acceleration


A particle with a rest mass m = 2 kg is moving at v = 0.8c. A force F = 500 N acts perpendicular to its
velocity. Find the resulting perpendicular acceleration.

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