Chapter 1

SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY

Tjipto Prastowo, Ph.D Endah Rahmawati, M.Si

SPECIAL RELATIVITY THEORY

Einsteins postulates

The principle of relativity

The universality of the speed of light

Galilean system vs Lorentz Transformation

Galilean System Lorentz Transformation

The four vectors

Contra-variant vectors for position :

Contra-variant vectors for position :

Space-time interval in space-time coordinates

The position four-vector

Case 1 :

, time-like region

Minkowski diagram

Case 2 :

space-like region

Case 3 : : region

, light-like

The energy-momentum four-vector

The total relativistic energy :

The relativistic kinetic energy :

Relativistic Dopler Effect

A longitudinal Doppler effect with the source moving towards an observer

A transverse Doppler effect with source moving across the observer