Maximum Momentum and Kinetic Energy of a Relativistic Rocket

• Marc Frodyma ^[1]
  1. [1] San Jose City College

     San Jose City College

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: The Physics Teacher, ISSN 0031-921X, Vol. 60, Nº. 6, 2022, págs. 460-463
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Teaching special relativity to lower-division students is challenging because results such as time dilation, length contraction, and frame dependence of simultaneity are counterintuitive. The literature is extensive, so only a brief list is given here, with articles divided roughly between discussions of general principles and calculations applied to selected physical systems