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Consider a particle in hyperbolic motion,

x(t)=b2+(ct)2,y=z=0

(a) Find the proper time role="math" localid="1654682576730" τas a function of τ, assuming the clocks are set so thatτ=0 whenτ=0 . [Hint: Integrate Eq. 12.37.]

(b) Find x and v (ordinary velocity) as functions ofτ .

(c) Findημ (proper velocity) as a function of τ.

Short Answer

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(a) The proper time as a function of tis Ï„=bcInc+b2c2t2b.

(b) The x and v (ordinary velocity) as a function of τis role="math" localid="1654683130022" x=bcoshcτbandrole="math" localid="1654683078037" v=ctanhcτb respectively.

(c) The x and v (ordinary velocity) as a function of τis x=bcoshcτband v=ctanhcτbrespectively.

Step by step solution

01

Expression for the Lorentz contraction:

Write the expression for the Lorentz contraction.

Y=11-v2c2 …… (1)

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

02

Determine the proper time τ as a function of t:

(a)

Write the expression for the velocity of a particle.

v=dx(t)dt

Substitute b2+c2t2for x(t)in the above expression.

localid="1654683753767" v=ddtb2+c2t2v=12b2+c2t2ddtb2+c2t2v=12b2+c2t22c2tv=c2tb2+c2t2

Squaring on both sides in equation (1).

γ2=11-v2c22γ2=11-v2c2

Substitute c2tb2+c2t2 for v in the above expression.

localid="1654687319733" γ2=11-c2tb2+c2t22c2γ2=11-c4t2b2+c2t2×1c2γ2=11-c2t2b2+c2t2γ2=b2+c2t2b2

Write the relation between proper time and the time interval.

dτ=1-v2c2dt

Integrate the proper time dτ.

localid="1654685358421" ∫dτ=τ=∫1-v2c2dtτ=∫1-v2c2dt

Substitute 1-v2c2=1γ2and γ2=b2+c2t2b2in the above expression.

localid="1654685793217" τ=∫1γ2dt=∫1b2+c2t2b2dt=∫b2b2+c2t2dt=∫bb2+c2t2dt

To further solve the integration,

τ=bcInct+b2+c2t2+k …… (2)

It is given that:

Ï„=0then t=0

Solve as,

Ï„=bcInc0+b2+c202+k0=bcInb+kk=-bcInb

Substitute -bcInb fork in equation (2).

Ï„=bcInct+b2+c2t2-bcIn(b)Ï„=bcInc+b2+c2t2b

Therefore, the proper time as a function of tis Ï„=bcInc+b2+c2t2b.

03

Determine the x and v (ordinary velocity) as a function of τ:

(b)

Write the equation for the x ordinary velocity as a function of Ï„.

x2-b2+x=becτbx2-b2=becτb-x

Squaring on both sides in the above expression.

x2-b22=becτb-x2x2-b2=b2e2cτb+x2-2xbe2cτb2xbe2cτb=b21+e2cτbx=b221+e2cτbbe2cτb

On further solving,

x=b21+e2cτbe2cτbx=be-cτb+ecτb2x=bcoshcτb

As it is kown that:

v=c2tb2+c2t2v=cxx2-b2

Substitute bcoshcτbfor x in the above expression.

v=cbcoshcτbbcoshcτb2-b2=ccosh2cτb-1coshcτb=csinhcτbcoshcτb=ctanhcτb

Therefore, the x and v (ordinary velocity) as a function of τis x=bcoshcτband v=ctanhcτbrepectively.

04

Determine ημ (proper velocity) as a function of τ:

(c)

It is known that:

ημ=γc,v,0,0

Substitute b2+c2t2bfor γand ctanhcτbfor v in the above equation.

ημ=b2+c2t2bc,ctanhcτb,0,0ημ=xbc,ctanhcτb,0,0ημ=bcoshcτbbc,ctanhcτb,0,0ημ=ccoshcτb,sincτb,0,0

Therefore, the proper velocity ημas a function of τis

ημ=ccoshcτb,sincτb,0,0.

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