SPECIAL RELATIVITY IN PARTICLE PHYSICS

dr. Marinela Bitu

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·       Theoretical Basis for Special Relativity
Basic Formulae
Lorentz's  Transformations
Four Vectors in Special Relativity
  
     Space-Time 4-Vector
       Velocity 4-Vector
  
     Energy-Momentum 4-Vector
       Wave 4-vector. Doppler Effect
  
  

 

·       Applications of Special Relativity on Particle Physics
  

  
     Two particle Collision in the Laboratory and Center of Mass Frame
  
     Conservation Laws in the Particles’ Decays
       Electron-positron annihilation and pair creation. Compton Scattering
       Energy and Momentum Conservation in a
K0 kaon decay process

  
     Energy and Momentum Conservation in a p+ pion decay process
  
     Cerenkov Effect