Perpendicular displacement to the direction of motion in special relativity theory
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https://doi.org/10.13102/sscf.v19i.9392Keywords:
Special Relativity, Lorentz Transformation, Reference FramesAbstract
The problems on Special Relativity involving the Lorentz transformation as proposed in Physics textbooks align the projectiles motion and the observers describing them in a single coordinate in the same direction. However, studying the situation in which the motion of a projectile is perpendicular to the direction of the observers' reference frames allows to graduate the difficulty in the analysis until facing the situation of motion in any direction. In this context, we present here a simple, two-dimensional case of studying the momentum of a projectile launched perpendicularly against a target as described from the perspective of observers in two different reference frames with the intention of developing physical intuition about relativistic phenomena and improving the ability to use Special Relativity equations and concepts.
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