PHYS481 SPECIAL RELATIVITY
| Course Code: |
2300481 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
5.0 |
| Department: |
Physics |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. BAHTÝYAR ÖZGÜR SARIOÐLU |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall Semesters. |
Course Content
Galilean relativity and absolute motion in space; Axiomatic formulation of special relativity; Minkowski spacetime; Lorentz transformations and physical consequences; Covariant formulations of relativistic mechanics. Optics and electrodynamics.
