Published July 1, 2005
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Journal article
From E = mc2 to the Lorentz transformations via the law of addition of relativistic velocities
Creators
- 1. Departamento de Fisica Aplicada I, Universidad de Malaga, 29071 Malaga (Spain)
- 2. Departamento de Algebra, Geometria y Topologia, Universidad de Malaga, 29071 Malaga (Spain)
Description
In this paper, we show how to get the Lorentz transformations from E mc2, the laws of conservation of energy and momentum, and the special relativity principle. To this end, we first deduce the law of addition of relativistic velocities
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/26/611/ejp5_4_006.pdf or at the Web site for the journal European Journal of Physics (ISSN 1361-6404) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0143-0807/26/611/ejp5_4_006.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0143-0807/26/4/006;
- PII
- S0143-0807(05)89953-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Journal of Physics
- Journal Volume
- 26
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 611-616
- ISSN
- 0143-0807
- CODEN
- EJPHD4
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36099185
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONSERVATION LAWS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; RELATIVITY THEORY; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY RANGE; TRANSFORMATIONS