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<title>Pre-Quantum Electrodynamics</title>
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<p>
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Newton's second law remains valid provided we use the relativistic momentum:
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<p>
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<b>Newton's law</b> <i>(relativistic case)</i>
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\[
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</div>
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<div class="example div" id="orgac47d6f">
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<div class="example div" id="org4050d88">
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<p>
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<b>Example: motion under a constant force</b>
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\]
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and thus
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\[
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p(t) = \frac{m u(t)}{1 - u(t)^2/c^2} = Ft
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p(t) = \frac{m u(t)}{\sqrt{1 - u(t)^2/c^2}} = Ft
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~~\longrightarrow~~ u(t) = \frac{(F/m)t}{\sqrt{1 + (Ft/mc)^2}}.
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\]
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Integrating again to get the displacement,
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The particle's world line thus shows <b>hyperbolic motion</b>.
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</p>
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<figure id="orgd090155">
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<object type="image/svg+xml" data="./fig/red/red_motion_under_cst_F.svg" class="org-svg" alt="Relativistic motion under constant force">
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<figcaption><span class="figure-number">Figure 1: </span>A particle at rest, accelerated from \(t=0\) onwards by a constant force (classical versus relativistic motion).</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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The relationship between work done and increased energy also still holds:
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\[
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W = \int d{\boldsymbol l} \cdot \frac{d{\boldsymbol p}}{dt}
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= \int dt \frac{d {\boldsymbol l}}{dt} \cdot \frac{d{\boldsymbol p}}{dt}
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= \int dt {\boldsymbol u} \cdot \frac{d{\boldsymbol p}}{dt}
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= \int dt ~\frac{d {\boldsymbol l}}{dt} \cdot \frac{d{\boldsymbol p}}{dt}
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= \int dt ~{\boldsymbol u} \cdot \frac{d{\boldsymbol p}}{dt}
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\]
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but
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\[
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For the specific case where the particle is instantaneously at rest in
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the original frame, then
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\]
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</p>
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</div>
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<p>
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The way to avoid complicated transformation rules is to define a four-vector
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as the derivative of momentum with respect to proper time, which leads to
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the definition of the
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<b>Minkowski force</b>
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<div id="postamble" class="status">
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<p class="author">Author: Jean-Sébastien Caux</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-03-15 Tue 08:10</p>
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<p class="date">Created: 2022-03-22 Tue 10:52</p>
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