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MECHANICS:

centripetal force:   

A particle with mass m will move on a circle line (radius r) if the direction of the (resulting) force F on the particle is perpendicular to the velocity vector of the particle.

MAGNETISM:

Lorentz force:   

A charged particle (charge q) that  is moving with velocity v perpendicular to a magnetic field of strength B will fell a force, the Lorentz force, perpendicular to both the field and the direction of motion.

SPECIAL RELATIVITY:

Lorentz contraction:         gamma factor:         c: velocity of light

Consider a body resting in an inertial system K. In this system the body has length l. In point of view from a inertial system K`, which is moving with the velocity v relatively to K, the length l' of the body is shorter. This is the Lorentz contraction.

Time dilatation:    t = g t' 

Energy-momentum relation:        where m is the rest (invariant) mass of a particle.

 

The ALEPH detector

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