Introduction to Special Relativity - January IAP 2021

1.1 Course Organization (8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity).
1.2. Prof. Klute’s Research.
1.3 History of Special Relativity.
1.4 Guest Lecture: Space, Time, and Spacetime  .
1.5 Categories of Physics.
2.1 Events.
2.2 Galilean Transformation.
3.1 Light.
3.2 Waves.
3.3 Michelson-Morley Experiment.
3.4 Stellar Aberration.
4.1 Time Dilation.
4.2 Muons.
4.3 Length Contraction.
4.4 Invariance.
4.5 Lorentz Transformation.
5.1 Voyager Program.
5.2 Velocity Addition.
5.3 Spacetime Diagrams.
5.4 Regions in Spacetime Diagrams.
5.5 Causality.
6.1 Pole-in-the-Barn Paradox.
6.2 Twin Paradox.
6.3 Spacecraft-on-a-Rope Paradox.
7.1 Introduction to the Doppler Effect.
7.2 Relativistic Doppler Effect.
7.3 Redshift.
7.4 Galaxy Travel.
8.1 Algebra of Lorentz transformations.
8.2 Introduction to 4-Vector Notation.
8.3 Proper Velocity.
9.1 Momentum Conservation.
9.2 Energy Conservation.
9.3 Collisions.
10.1 Tests of Special Relativity.
10.2 The Large Electron-Positron Collider.
10.3 Deuteron Production.
10.4 Absorption and Emission of Photons.
10.5 Decay of a Pion.
10.6 Creation of Particles.
10.7 Compton Effect.
10.8 Global Positioning System.
11.1 Charge and Current.
11.2 Electric and Magnetic Fields.
12.1 Equivalence Principle.
12.2 Time Dilation Effect on Earth.
12.3 Bending of Light.
12.4 Redshift Tests.
12.5 General Relativity.
12.6 Experimental Evidence .
13.2 Course Review .
9.4 Forces and Kinetic Energy.