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Course No.
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Course Title
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No. of Units
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Pre-requisites
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Pr.
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Credit
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PHYS 343
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Special Relativity
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2
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2
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PHYS 241
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Objectives of the course :
Introduce the basic ideas and concepts of the special relativity to the student.
Course Description :
Revision of the relativistic ideas discussed in PHYS 241. Physics before relativity and the Newtonian relativity. Relativistic kinematics: Einstein's postulates of the relativity and their consequences. The four-dimensional space and the space-time invariant interval. Relativistic dynamics: Energy, momentum, and conservation of energy and momentum. Relativistic collisions and Compton effect. A gentle introduction to general relativity.
Main text books :
1- Special relativity, from Einstein to strings. Patricia M. Schwarz and John H. Schwarz, Cambridge university press. 2004.
2- Space time physics, 2nd edition, Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler.
Subsidiary books :
1- Introduction to special relativity, by Robert Resnick., John Wiley and sons, 1968.
2- Special relativity, by A. P. French, Van Nostrand Reinhold (UK) Co. Ltd, (1968-1984).
3- Introduction to relativity, by John B. Kogut., A Harcourt Science and technology company, (2001).
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