Relativity matters : from Einstein's EMC2 to laser particle acceleration and quark-gluon plasma : with exercises, examples and discussions /: from Einstein's EMC2 to laser particle acceleration and quark-gluon plasma : with exercises, examples and discussions. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Johann Rafelski.
• Authors: Rafelski, Johann
• Contents: Preamble -- Space-Time, Light and the Aether -- Time Dilation, and Lorentz Contraction -- The Lorentz Transformation -- Measurement -- Time -- Mass, Energy, Momentum -- Collisions, Decays -- 4-Vectors and 4-Force -- Motion of Charged Particles -- Covariant Force and Field -- Dynamics of Fields and Particles -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 468 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 530.11; Physics; Relativity (Physics); Relativity (Physics); Science -- Electricity; Science -- Nuclear Physics; Science -- Molecular Physics; Science -- Mechanics -- General; Optical physics; Atomic & molecular physics; Plasma physics; Particle & high-energy physics; Classical mechanics; Nuclear physics; Particle acceleration; Mechanics; Science -- Gravity; Gravity; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319512310; 3319512315
• Related ISBNs: 9783319512303; 3319512307
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 28, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.