Course Code: MATH-426

Special Relativity

Credit Hours: 3+0

Course Contents:

Historical background and fundamental concepts of special theory of relativity, Galilean transformations, Lorentz transformations (for motion along one axis), length contraction, time dilation and simultaneity, velocity addition formulae.3-dimensional, Lorentz transformations, introduction to 4-vector formalism. Lorentz transformations in the 4-vector formalism, the Lorentz and Poincare groups, introduction to classical mechanics, Minkowski space-time and null cone, 4-velocity and 4-momentum and 4-force, application of special relativity to Doppler shift and Compton effect, aberration of light, particle scattering, binding energy, particle production and decay, special relativity with small acceleration.

Recommended Books:

1. Qadir. An introduction to the Special Relativity theory. 1st ed. World scientific, 1989.

2. D’Inverno  R. Introducing Einstein’s Relativity. 1st ed. Oxford University
     Press, 1992.

3. Rindler W. Essential Relativity. 2nd ed.  Springer Verlag, 1977.