Overview
- Introduces relativistic physics with new axiomatics
- Includes solved examples and problems for a better understanding
- Written for students and researchers in the field
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book discusses in detail the special theory of relativity without including all the instruments of theoretical physics, enabling readers who are not budding theoretical physicists to develop competence in the field. An arbitrary but fixed inertial system is chosen, where the known velocity of light is measured. With respect to this system a moving clock loses time and a moving length contracts. The book then presents a definition of simultaneity for the other inertial frames without using the velocity of light. To do so it employs the known reciprocity principle, which in this context serves to provide a definition of simultaneity in the other inertial frames. As a consequence, the Lorentz transformation is deduced and the universal constancy of light is established. With the help of a lattice model of the special theory of relativity the book provides a deeper understanding of the relativistic effects. Further, it discusses the key STR experiments and formulates and solves 54problems in detail.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Special Theory of Relativity
Book Subtitle: Einstein’s World in New Axiomatics
Authors: Helmut Günther, Volker Müller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7783-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7782-2Published: 09 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7785-3Published: 09 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7783-9Published: 25 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 542
Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation