Relativistic momentum and kinetic energy, and $E=mc^2$
Classical Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Physics Education
Abstract
Based on relativistic velocity addition and the conservation of momentum and energy, I present derivations of the expressions for the relativistic momentum and kinetic energy, and .
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0612202,
title = {Relativistic momentum and kinetic energy, and $E=mc^2$},
author = {Ben Yu-Kuang Hu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0612202},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 Figures, submitted to American Journal of Physics