129 Relativistic Momentum
The momentum of a particle at high speed, equal to mass times velocity times the Lorentz factor, so momentum conservation holds in all inertial frames, that is used to generalize classical momentum to high speeds.
(\(E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2\)).
129.1 References
- Knight, R. D. Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics. Pearson, 2023. — source for the heading explanation.
- Annihilation
- Constancy of the Speed of Light
- Contracted Length
- Coordinate Transformations
- Elastic Potential Energy Formula Derivation
- Electromagnetic Field Transformations
- Field Tensor
- Frame
- Gravitational Potential Energy Formula Derivation
- Inertial Frame
- Inertial Reference Frames
- Kinetic Energy
- Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
- Length Contraction
- Lorentz Factor
- Lorentz Transformations
- Magnetism as a Relativistic Effect
- Mass-Energy Equivalence
- Massless Particles
- Minkowski Metric
- Minkowski Space
- Moving Clocks
- Newtonian Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
- Nuclear Energy
- Particle Creation
- Photon Energy
- Potential Energy
- Potential Energy Formula Derivation
- Principle of Relativity
- Proper Length
- Proper Time
- Reference Frames
- Relativistic Electrodynamics
- Relativistic Kinetic Energy Formula Derivation
- Relativistic Momentum
- Relativistic Momentum and Energy
- Relativity Principle
- Rest Energy
- Simultaneity
- Time Dilation
- Twin Paradox