Planeamento

Aulas Teóricas

Newton Mechanics and the Galilean Transformation

Aula 1

  1. Newton's Laws
  2. Intertial frames and the Galilean Transformation
  3. The Galilean space and time and its geometry
  4. The Galilean Group

Problems with light

Aula 2

  1. Measuring the speed of light: early attempts
  2. Electromagnetism, Maxwell Equations, and the Galilean Transformation
  3. The Michelson-Morley experiment
  4. The question of simultaneity

Einstein's Relativity

Aula 3

  1. Einstein's Relativity principle
  2. Time Dilation
  3. Space contraction
  4. Examples

Einstein's space-time

Aula 4

  1. Einstein's space-time
  2. The geometry of space-time
  3. The Einstein-Lorentz Transformation

Examples of Einstein's Special Relativity at work

Aula 5

  1. Classical and Relativistic Doppler effect
  2. Relativistic particle decay
  3. How to detect a star aberration due to relativistic effects

Dynamical concepts in Einstein's Special Relativity

Aula 6

  1. Momentum and force in Einstein's Special Relativity
  2. Relativistic energy. The mass-energy theorem
  3. The conservation of Energy-Momentum
  4. Angular momentum in Einstein's Special Relativity

Examples of simple dynamical processes in Einstein's Special Relativity

Aula 7

  1. Decay and collision of relativistic particles; the laboratory and center of momentum frames
  2. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion
  3. Planning an experiment

Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity

Aula 8

  1. The d'Alembert Principle
  2. Inertial and non-inertial frames
  3. The Equivalence Principle of Einstein
  4. The new vision of space-time