Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1045: 95

Answer

$E=[p^2c^2+m_{\circ}^2c^4]^{\frac{1}{2}}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $E=\frac{m_{\circ}c^2}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$ $\implies E^2=\frac{m_{\circ}^2c^4}{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}$ $\implies E^2=\frac{m_{\circ}^2c^4+m_{\circ}^2v^2c^2-m_{\circ}^2v^2c^2}{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}$ This simplifies to: $E^2=[\frac{m_{\circ}v}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}]^2c^2+\frac{m_{\circ}^2c^4(1-\frac{v^2}{c^2})}{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}$......eq(1) The relativistic momentum is given as $p=\frac{m_{\circ}v}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$ Putting this value in eq(1), we obtain: $E^2=p^2c^2+m_{\circ}^2c^4$ $\implies E=[p^2c^2+m_{\circ}^2c^4]^{\frac{1}{2}}$
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