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Modern Physics Notes J Kiefer 2006. Table of Contents TABLE OF 1. I. RELATIVITY ........................................ ........................................ ....................................... 2. A. Frames of 2. B. Special Relativity ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ ....................... 5. C. Consequences of the Principle of Special Relativity ........................................ ........................................ ....... 8. D. Energy and Momentum ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .......... 14. E. A Hint of General 19. II. QUANTUM THEORY ........................................ ........................................ ................... 21. A. Black Body 21. B. Photons.

5 B. Special Relativity 1. Michelson-Morley a. Wave speeds Midway through the 19th century, it was established that light is an electromagnetic (E-M) wave. Maxwell showed that these waves propagate through the vacuum with a speed c ≈3x108 m/sec. Now, wave motion was well understood, so it was expected that light waves would behave

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