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UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON, FACULTAD DEINGENIERIA MECANICA Y ELECTRIC
SUBJECT:
Physics 4
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Sadasivan Shaji
HOMEWORK:
Problems of theory of relativity
STUDENT.
Jonathan Isai Lopez Garcia / 1580034
SCHEDULE:
M4-M6 Martes
PLACE AND DATE:
Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolas de los Garza on September 2nd of 2014HOMEWORK I- Final date for submission will be 3 September 2014
(Wednesday).
1) An airplane is moving with respect to the earth at a speed of 10,000 m/s. Its
proper length is 50 m, What will be its relativistic length for an observer on
earth? Calculate its relativistic length if the velocity is 0.8c.
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3)The average lifetime of a fundamental particle with a speed of 0.8c is
measured to be 3x10 s. Calculate the average lifetime when they are at rest.
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OSS4)An atom decays in 2x10 s. What is the decay time as measured by an
observer in a laboratory when the atom is moving with a speed of 0.7¢ ?
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5) Calculate the mass of an electron moving with a velocity 0.6c (rest mass of
electron is 9.1x101 Kg)
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6)Calculate the relativistic mass of a spacecraft having a mass of 1000 Kg
moving with a velocity 0.5¢.
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(Mass of electron is 0.511 MeV/c?.)
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c. What is its rest energy and rest mass.
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11)Calculate the kinetic energy of a proton whose velocity is 0.9c. (Mass of
proton is 0.938 GeV/c?.) :
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12)Calculate the kinetic energy of a neutron whose momentum is 300 MeV/c.
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