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24.10: Thinking about the material
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Reflect and research
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How did Michelson and Morley demonstrate that the ether does not exist?
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Why is 1905 the “year of physics”?
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Give an example of a device that you use that is affected by relativistic effects.
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How do you resolve the twin paradox? Can you show it on a space-time diagram?
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What did Lorentz do and when?
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Apart from the space-time interval,
\(s\)
, what else is Lorentz invariant?
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What is Cherenkov radiation?
To try at home
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Build a particle accelerator.
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Look up a video illustrating the barn paradox, and other relativistic effects.
To try in the lab
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Propose an experiment to measure the speed of light.
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Propose an experiment to test relativistic effects with electro magnetism.