Objectives and Homework for September 7, 2004.
[1] Understand the Doppler Effect and its origin. Realize that there is a Doppler Effect even when the source and observer are moving perpendicular to one another, and realize why.
[2] Know the expression for relativistic momentum, and know how to apply it.
[3] Know the expression for relativistic energy, and know how to apply it.
[4] Understand that mass is a form of potential energy, and know the relationship between the two. Be able to use this relationship to determine the binding energy of nuclei from a knowledge of their masses.
[5] Be able to demonstrate that the relativistic expressions for momentum and energy reduce to their non-relativistic counterparts when v << c, as long as we interpret the quantity mc2 as the potential energy of a massive particle at rest. This quantity is called the particle's "rest mass energy".
Homework due Friday, September 10, 2004.
[1] Finish Reading Chapter 2 in Thornton and Rex.
[2] Do Problems 60, 68, 76, 79, & 92 (pp. 77-79) at the end of Chapter 2 in Thornton and Rex.