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Physics 9HB: Special Relativity & Thermal/Statistical Physics
Physics 9HB is the second course in the honors introductory physics series. It covers two natural continuations from the previous course in classical mechanics – special relativity and thermal/statistical physics.
- Author
- Tom Weideman
- Publisher
- University of California, Davis
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 17 sections
- 1: Foundations of Relativity
- 1.1: The Relativity Principle
- 1.2: The Nature of Time
- 1.3: More Thought Experiments
- 1.4: Paradoxes
- 2: Kinematics and Dynamics
- 2.1: Spacetime Diagrams
- 2.2: Lorentz Transformation
- 2.3: Velocity Addition
- 2.4: Momentum Conservation
- 2.5: Energy Conservation
- 3: Spacetime
- 3.1: Vector Rotations
- 3.2: Position 4-Vector
- 3.3: Velocity and Acceleration 4-Vectors
- 3.4: Momentum 4-Vector
- 3.5: General Relativity