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Simple Nature - Light and Matter

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Exercise 7B: Sports in Slowlightl<strong>and</strong>In Slowlightl<strong>and</strong>, the speed of light is 20 mi/hr ≈ 32 km/hr ≈ 9 m/s. Think of an example ofhow relativistic effects would work in sports. Things can get very complex very quickly, so tryto think of a simple example that focuses on just one of the following effects:- relativistic momentum- relativistic kinetic energy- relativistic addition of velocities- time dilation <strong>and</strong> length contraction- Doppler shifts of light- equivalence of mass <strong>and</strong> energy- time it takes for light to get to an athlete’s eye- deflection of light rays by gravity446 Chapter 7 Relativity

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