Special Relativity [ LPHY1223 ]
4.0 crédits ECTS
22.5 h + 15.0 h
1q
| Teacher(s) |
Gérard Jean-Marc ;
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| Language |
French
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Place
of the course |
Louvain-la-Neuve
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| Prerequisites |
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE)
for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
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| Main themes |
1. From the principle of relativity to Newton's mechanics.
2. Lorentz transformations and covariance of Maxwell's equations.
3. From the principle of relativity to Einstein's mechanics of special relativity.
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| Aims |
Introduces to the basic physical concepts of special relativity as they lead to the theory of General Relativity, with, in particular, a discussion of relativistic kinematics and the Lorentz covariant formulation of Maxwell's equations of electromagnetic phenomena.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and
command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be
accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled
“Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
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| Content |
Traditional teaching organisation, with oral presentations of the content material in a lecture theater, then followed by supervised tutorials. The detailed content of the course is structured along the above specifications. The course material is based on a syllabus, as well as further reading of course material to be specified during the semester.
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| Other information |
Prerequisites
The mathematics and general physics courses of the first year of the Bachelor's degree in both the mathematical and the physical sciences.
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Faculty or entity
in charge |
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