Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics

Relativistic Electrodynamics red

Prerequisites
  • Electrodynamics
Objectives
  • Know the postulates of Special Relativity
  • Understand time dilation and Lorentz contraction
  • Know how to operate Lorentz transformations
  • Know covariant and contravariant four-vectors and their scalar product
  • Understand proper time and proper velocity
  • Understand relativistic momentum and energy
  • Know Newton's law (relativistic case) and the Minkowski force
  • Understand how relativity relates electricity and magnetism
  • Know how electromagnetic fields transform under a Lorentz transformation
  • Know the field tensor and its dual
  • Know Maxwell's equations in relativistic notation

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Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux

Created: 2024-02-27 Tue 10:31