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Michelson-Morley experiment if the effective length of each path is 8 m and wavelength of light used is
3000 A. Given v =3x10* m/s. [GGSIPU, Dec. 2013 (2.5 marks)]
Solution. Given d=8m, 2=8000A=8.00x10-"m, c=3x10% m/s, v=3x10'm/s
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2Qdv? __2x8xBx10*)?
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=2.x108 «10716 x10” =2.0%107
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path is 2 metres and light has wavelength 6000 A. Given v =3x10* m/s, c=3x10° m/s
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Ch (3x108)? x6.0x107
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IGGSIPU, Dec. 2013 (6.5 marks)}
Solution. Let (x, y, z, t)and (x’, y, z', #')be the space-time coordinates of an event observed
by two observers in reference frames S and S respectively, the frame S’ moving constant velocity v
telative to S. Using Lorentz transformation equations, we have to simply prove that
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Example 7.5 As measured by O, a flash bulb goes off at x= 100 km, y=10 km, z=1 km at t=5x10~* s.
What are the coordinates x', y', z' and t' of this event as determined by a second observer, O', moving
relative to Oat —0.8 c along the common x-x' axis ?
Solution. From the Lorentz transformations
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Scanned with CamScannerExample 7.6 Calculate the length contraction and orientation of a rod of length 5 m in a frame of referenc
which is moving with a velocity 0.6 c in a direction making an angle 30° with the rod.
IGGSIPU, Nov. 2013 (3 marks) ; Dec. 2013 (6 marks)
Solution. The length contracts only in the direction of motion. The component of length in the
direction of motion .
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1, =Beos30°==, ly =5sin30°=>
when seen from the stationary observer,
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Example 7.7 Calculate the velocity of rod when its length appears three-fourth of its proper length.
IGGSIPU, Dec. 2015 (3 marks)]
Solution. A rod of proper length | appears to get contracted to a length I for an observer with
respect to whom it is moving with velocity v, such that
and
v . =
e
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speed is increased by 5% by what % does time area pera ? aenee atime on Sent
Solution. Given v=0.95c and v'=1.05x v
We know that time dilation formula
At
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At 2
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8 5 travels in the laboratory with speed 0.96 c. How
particle is reduced to half times of the initial value.
1 7.11 A beam of particle of half life 2.0 x 10"
[GGSIPU, Nov. 2011 (3 marks)]
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travel before the number of}
‘much distance does the beam
proper half life of the particles i, the time interval in the
in which its flux reduces to half of its initial flux. The ordinary
Solution. 2.0x10~* s is the
d proper half life At’ are related by the relation
particles own frame of reference i
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1.6710” kg. What energy must be given the proton to achieve this speed ?
Solution. Given m=2my, m, =1.67x10- kg
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s 1 be the coordinates of one event in S, frame and
the corresponding event in S, frame respectively,
then the expression
2 _ gy? (2 2 2442
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Show that space-time interval in Lorentz transformation is invariant.
IGGSIPU, Dec. 2011 (4.5 marks)]
Solution. The inverse Lorentz transformation equations are :
and of)
Differentiating,
v
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inclined at 60° to its own length. [GGSIPU, Dec. 2016 reappear (3.5 marks)]
Solution. The component of the length of the rod to its direction of motion.
1
=1cos60°=+1
cos60°=>
and the component of its length, perpendicular to its direction of motion
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7 = 33)
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ret
other component 1,
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I =(12 +1)!
5
= o3n?+(21) = Joo? +3? =J08t1=0921
2 4
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At what speed a body must move so as to have its mass double ?
I[GGSIPU, Dec. 2009 (3.5 marks)]
Or
Find the speed of an electron having mass double its rest mass. [GGSIPU, Dec. 2012 (2.5 marks)]
Or
What is the speed of an electron having mass double its rest mass? [GGSIPU, Dec. 2011 (2 marks)]
Or
At what speed the mass of an electron shall be double its rest mass? . [GGSIPU, Dec. 2004 (3 marks)]
Or
The total energy of particle is exactly twice its rest energy. Calculate the velocity of particle.
(GGSIPU, Dec. 2015 (3 marks)]
Solution. The total energy E of a moving particle is mc? while its rest energy Ey is mc?.
When E=2E,, then me? =2mgc? or m=2m,
The mass of the moving particle is related to its rest mass m, by
Here m=2my
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