Special Theory of Relativity
1.1 Inertial frames of reference
1.2 Galilean transformations
1.3 Velocity of light
1.4 Postulates of special relativity
1.5 Lorentz transformations
1.6 Simultaneity and time dilation
1.7 Length contraction
1.8 Transformation of velocities
1.9 Lorentz four-vector
1.10 Energy-momentum four-vector and relativistic dynamics
1.11 Electromagnetic interaction
1.12 Zero-mass particles and Doppler shift
1.13 Examples
Problems
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Structures of the Chapter
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S. H. Patil, Elements of Modern Physics,
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