Week 4, Class 1 Plan

Plan

• Four-vectors, invariant dot product
• Energy, momentum relation
• Momentum and energy conservation
• Examples of relativistic decay or scattering. Harris, problem 2-88.

In-class discussion

• Transform E, p
• What happens to the ratio E/p as m->0 with E fixed?

In-class group problems

• Harris, problem 2-76 .

In-class notes pdf

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