Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PHY 325 — Introduction to Special Theory of Relativity

PHY department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• analyse simple examples of interference and diffraction phenomena
• explain the simultaneity of events, relativistic addition of events
• explain the relativistic kinematics and dynamics, MATs-energy equivalence
• describe Proper distance and length contraction. Simultaneity of events, relativistic addition of events. Doppler Effect; and

Course contents

Galilean transformations and limitation of Newtonian mechanics, constancy of speed of light. Michelson-Morley experiment. Lorentz-Einstein transformations. Space-time diagram, event and world lines. Proper time and time dilation. Proper distance and length contraction. Simultaneity of events, relativistic addition of events.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PHY 325.

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