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1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity)
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Introduction to Special Relativity - January IAP 2021
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- 1 1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity)
- 2 1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research
- 3 1.3 History of Special Relativity
- 4 1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime
- 5 1.5 Categories of Physics
- 6 2.1 Events
- 7 2.2 Galilean Transformation
- 8 3.1 Light
- 9 3.2 Waves
- 10 3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment
- 11 3.4 Stellar Aberration
- 12 4.1 Time Dilation
- 13 4.2 Muons
- 14 4.3 Length Contraction
- 15 4.4 Invariance
- 16 4.5 Lorentz Transformation
- 17 5.1 Voyager Program
- 18 5.2 Velocity Addition
- 19 5.3 Spacetime Diagrams
- 20 5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams
- 21 5.5 Causality
- 22 6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox
- 23 6.2 Twin Paradox
- 24 6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox
- 25 7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect
- 26 7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect
- 27 7.3 Redshift
- 28 7.4 Galaxy Travel
- 29 8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations
- 30 8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation
- 31 8.3 Proper Velocity
- 32 9.1 Momentum Conservation
- 33 9.2 Energy Conservation
- 34 9.3 Collisions
- 35 10.1 Tests of Special Relativity
- 36 10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider
- 37 10.3 Deuteron Production
- 38 10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons
- 39 10.5 Decay of a Pion
- 40 10.6 Creation of Particles
- 41 10.7 Compton Effect
- 42 10.8 Global Positioning System
- 43 11.1 Charge and Current
- 44 11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields
- 45 12.1 Equivalence Principle
- 46 12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth
- 47 12.3 Bending of Light
- 48 12.4 Redshift Tests
- 49 12.5 General Relativity
- 50 12.6 Experimental Evidence
- 51 13.2 Course Review
- 52 9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy
