Examples of Lorentz factor in the following topics:
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- is the Lorentz factor.
- Note that for speeds below 1/10 the speed of light, Lorentz factor is approximately 1 .
- Lorentz factor as a function of speed (in natural units where c = 1).
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- What is the synchrotron emission from a single electron passing through a magnetic field in terms of the energy density of the magnetic field and the Lorentz factor of the electron?
- What is the inverse Compton emission from a single electron passing through a gas of photons field in terms of the energy density of the photons and the Lorentz factor of the electron?
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- Lorentz proposed that to understand the null result of the experiment objects moving through the aether contract by γ−1 = √1−v2/c2where γ is the Lorentz factor.
- Einstein's insight was that if the speed of light was the same for everyone moving uniformly, one would get the apparent "Lorentz" contraction without needing the aether through which light propagates or for the aether to contract objects.
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- The Lorentz factor (γ) is the factor by which length shortens and time dilates as a function of velocity (v):
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- For a slower than light particle, a particle with a nonzero rest mass, the formula becomes where is the rest mass and is the Lorentz factor.
- The Lorentz factor is equal to: γ=√1−v2/c21, where v is the relative velocity between inertial reference frames and c is the speed of light.
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- Let's imagine that the electron is traveling along the x-axis with Lorentz factor γ.
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- If the Lorentz factor at , integrating this yields
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- Relativistic momentum is given as γm0v where m0 is the object's invariant mass and γ is Lorentz transformation.
- As a result, position and time in two reference frames are related by the Lorentz transformation instead of the Galilean transformation.
- Newton's second law [with mass fixed in the expression for momentum (p=m*v)], is not invariant under a Lorentz transformation.
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- One could do a Lorentz transformation but it is easier to use Urμpμ to determine the energy of the particle in the primed frame.
- Again one could do a Lorentz transformation but it is easier to use U′rμp′μ to determine the energy of the particle in the unprimed frame.
- β≈1−2γ21By what factor does the energy of the particle increase each time it goes back and forth.
- Write out the Lorentz transformation matrix for a boost in the x−direction to a velocity βx.
- Write out the Lorentz transformation matrix for a boost in the y−direction to a velocityβy.
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