大学物理英文15.pptVIP

Lesson 15 * 6-10 Momentum in Special Relativity Momentum in relativity is a quantity ascribed to moving particles and has the following properties: In the absence of external forces, the sum of momenta of interacting particles is conserved, We can prove that the momentum in relativity for a particle could be written as: Relativistic mass m is referred to as the rest mass （or proper mass） of the object. Example 6-7 Compare momentum of a muon traveling at a speed of 0.990c to the value computed from the nonrelativistic definition of momentum by finding their ratio. Solution: and Therefore