Special Relativity
Undergraduate course given at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens starting in the fall of 2022
Time: Τρίτες 11:00-13:00, Τετάρτες 11:00-13:00
Semester: Χειμερινό
Venue: Αμφιθέατρο “ΔΗΜΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ”
Course Code: 10ΥΚΟ35
eClass: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS268
Description:
- Elements of the theory of tensors: Covariant and contravariant four-vectors, metric.
- Spacetimes: Space-like, light-like and time-like four-vectors.
- Relativistic kinematics and dynamics: Lorentz transformations, invariant quantities, four-velocity, four-acceleration, four-momentum.
- Classical paradoxes in special relativity and their analysis.
- Relativistic particle reactions: Conservation of four-momentum.
- Special relativity and electrodynamics: Covariant formulation of Maxwell’s equations, electric and magnetic field transformations.
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