Standard syllabus
Special relativity · Undergraduate · Physics
Learning objectives from the Special relativity syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Kinematics
- Postulates and loss of absolute simultaneity — Postulates and loss of absolute simultaneity
- Lorentz transformations and velocity addition — Lorentz transformations and velocity addition
- Time dilation and length contraction paradoxes — Time dilation and length contraction paradoxes
- Spacetime diagrams and light cones — Spacetime diagrams and light cones
- Relativistic Doppler effect — Relativistic Doppler effect
Dynamics
- Four-vectors: position, velocity, momentum — Four-vectors: position, velocity, momentum
- Invariant mass and energy–momentum relation — Invariant mass and energy–momentum relation
- Relativistic collisions and thresholds — Relativistic collisions and thresholds
- Force and acceleration in SR — Force and acceleration in SR
- Stress–energy tensor preview — Stress–energy tensor preview
Applications
- Particle accelerators and fixed-target vs collider — Particle accelerators and fixed-target vs collider
- GPS and relativistic corrections — GPS and relativistic corrections
- Cosmic ray energies and GZK cutoff (intro) — Cosmic ray energies and GZK cutoff (intro)
- Relativistic electromagnetism covariance — Relativistic electromagnetism covariance
- Twin paradox resolution — Twin paradox resolution
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- Kinematics
Postulates and loss of absolute simultaneity
Coming soon - Dynamics
Four-vectors: position, velocity, momentum
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Particle accelerators and fixed-target vs collider
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