Newtonian and relativistic kinetic energy: analogous consequences of their conservation during elastic collisions

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/27/5/019zbMATH Open1103.70007OpenAlexW2038612732MaRDI QIDQ5489766FDOQ5489766

Authors: Abraham A. Ungar 

Publication date: 28 September 2006

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/27/5/019

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zbMATH Keywords

centre of mass

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Collision of rigid or pseudo-rigid bodies (70F35)

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• Note on the relativistic elastic head-on collision

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