Unit -1

Assignment - 1
1. At what speed the mass of an electron shall be double it rest mass? (Answer: 0.886c)
⃗⃗⃗ , = 3𝑖 + 4𝑗 + 12𝑘 𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 in a co-ordinate system moving
2. A particle has a velocity 𝑢
with velocity 0.8c relative to laboratory along positive direction of x-axis. Find 𝑢
⃗ in a
laboratory frame.
3. Calculate the ratio of the mass of electron moving with kinetic energy 20 MeV to its
rest mass which is 0.51 MeV.
4. A certain particle has a lifetime of 1.00× 10-7 s when measured at rest. How far does it
go before decaying in its speed is 0.99c when it is created? (Answer: K.E = 210 m)
5. A particle of rest mass 𝑚0 moves with speed 𝑐⁄ . Calculate its mass, momentum, total
√2
energy and kinetic energy. (Answer: K.E = 0.41𝑚0 𝑐 2 )
6. Find the velocity that an electron which must be given so that its momentum is 11 times
its rest mass time the speed of light. What is energy at that speed?
(Answer: E = 9.90×10-13 J)
7. 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.
(Answer: 3.32×10--8 s)
8. Find the speed of a 0.1 MeV electron according to classical and relativistic mechanics.
(Answer: v= 1.87 × 108 m/sec, v= 0.54c)
9. A galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major is receding from the earth at 15000 km/s. If
one of the characteristic wavelength of the light the galaxy emits is 550 nm, what is the
corresponding wavelength measured by astronomers on the earth? (Answer: 578 nm)
10. Derive Lorentz transformation equation for space and time co – ordinates.
11. Obtain Einstein’s mass energy relation 𝐸 = 𝑚𝑐 2 . Give some evidence showing its
variability.
𝑚0
12. A body moving with velocity v has a mass m. Show that 𝑚 = 2
, where 𝑚0 is the
√1−𝑣2
𝑐

rest mass and c is the velocity of light.

13. Prove the relation 𝐸 2 − 𝑝2 𝑐 2 = 𝑚02 , where p is the momentum.
14. Briefly explain the concept of Einstein’s theory of Gravitation with example of General
Relativity (Mercury’s orbit).

Dr. Pargin Bangotra, Assistant Professor, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi, India.