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Sophie Zabar, clairvoyante, cried out in pain at precisely the instant her twin brother, 500km away, hit his thumb with a hammer. A skeptical scientist observed both events (brother’s accident, Sophie’s cry) from an airplane traveling at1213c to the right (Fig. 12.19). Which event occurred first, according to the scientist? How much earlier was it, in seconds?

Short Answer

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Sophie’s cry occurred 4×10-3s earlier with respect to scientist.

Step by step solution

01

Expression for the time dilation:

Write the expression for the time dilation.

Y=11-v2c2 …… (1)

Here, v is the velocity of an airplane, and c is the speed of light.

02

Determine the required time to occur an event:

Consider brother’s accident be at the origin time, i.e., zero in both the frames. With respect to frame S, Sophie’s co-ordinates will be,

x=500kmandt=0.

With respect to the scientist frame of reference, Sophie’s coordinates using Lorentz transformation equation will be,

t=γt+vxc2

Ast=0

Hence, the equation becomes,

t=-γvxc2 …… (2)

Substitute the value of v=1213cin equation (1).

γ=11-1213c2c2γ=1169-144169γ=125169γ=135

Substitute the value of y, v and x in equation (2).

t=-1351213c500km×103m1kmc2t=-12×105m3×108m/st=-4×10-3s

Therefore, Sophie’s cry occurred 4×10-3s earlier with respect to the scientist.

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