MIT 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2021
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MIT 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2021
52 lessons
• 6.5 hours
MIT 8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, January IAP 2021
52 lessons
• 6.5 hours
- 1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity) 19:07
- 1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research 13:22
- 1.3 History of Special Relativity 10:46
- 1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime 01:13:41
- 1.5 Categories of Physics 03:31
- 2.1 Events 03:32
- 2.2 Galilean Transformation 06:14
- 3.1 Light 07:27
- 3.2 Waves 08:51
- 3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment 05:38
- 3.4 Stellar Aberration 03:54
- 4.1 Time Dilation 13:38
- 4.2 Muons 04:47
- 4.3 Length Contraction 03:29
- 4.4 Invariance 05:49
- 4.5 Lorentz Transformation 06:54
- 5.1 Voyager Program 03:36
- 5.2 Velocity Addition 06:18
- 5.3 Spacetime Diagrams 08:00
- 5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams 04:33
- 5.5 Causality 05:37
- 6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox 07:17
- 6.2 Twin Paradox 06:08
- 6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox 04:35
- 7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect 06:13
- 7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect 03:19
- 7.3 Redshift 06:03
- 7.4 Galaxy Travel 05:54
- 8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations 05:07
- 8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation 05:45
- 8.3 Proper Velocity 04:02
- 9.1 Momentum Conservation 04:07
- 9.2 Energy Conservation 03:43
- 9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy 06:46
- 9.3 Collisions 07:09
- 10.1 Tests of Special Relativity 06:33
- 10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider 04:21
- 10.3 Deuteron Production 03:17
- 10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons 05:15
- 10.5 Decay of a Pion 03:01
- 10.6 Creation of Particles 05:58
- 10.7 Compton Effect 04:51
- 10.8 Global Positioning System 04:55
- 11.1 Charge and Current 06:36
- 11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields 04:30
- 12.1 Equivalence Principle 01:58
- 12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth 03:10
- 12.3 Bending of Light 04:40
- 12.4 Redshift Tests 02:41
- 12.5 General Relativity 07:42
- 12.6 Experimental Evidence 09:35
- 13.2 Course Review 18:13
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