COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL RELATIVITY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FIZ 3119 SPECIAL RELATIVITY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 7

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN KARABIYIK

Offered to

Physics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to advise students of main principles and applications of special relativity and to provide an understanding contributions from special theory of relativity in various subdisciplines of physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning reasons for special theory of relativity
2   Learning experimental evidences for special relativity
3   Understanding the effects from special relativity in the relevant areas of physics
4   Being able to use efficiently 4-vector notation
5   Being able to apply Lorentz transformations and its main results to various physical problems
6   Being able to express mathematically space-time comprehension of special relativity

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Principle of Galilean Relativity
2 Postulates of Special Relativity
3 Michelson-Morley Experiment
4 Lorentz Transormations and its properties
5 Experimental Evidences for Special Theory of Relativity
6 Lorentz-Fitzgerald Length Contraction
7 Time Dilation and Twins Paradox
8 First Midterm
9 Addition Velocities and Thomas Precession
10 Applications in Nuclear and Basic Particle Physics
11 4-vectors and Metric Tensor
12 Forces in Special Relativity and Relative Kinematics of Collisions

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Greiner, Walter (1989). Classical Mechanics: Point Particles and Relativity. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Auxiliary references:
1. Bjorken, J. D. and Drell, S. D. (1998). Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-Answer sessions
3.Discussing
4.Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

If necessary, it can be used to complete student's data in assessment process

Assessment Criteria

1. Midterm exams and assignments are taken as the achievements of students for the course.
2. Final exam will be added to the achievements of students for the course (to the midterms and assignments), thereby the student's success will be determined

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to continue to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.
4. Students, who do not participate in Midterm exams and regularly do the assignments, not allowed entering the final exam

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hasan.karabiyik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

to be anounced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Preparing presentations 13 2 26
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155551212211122
LO.255551212211122
LO.355551212211122
LO.455551212211122
LO.555551212211122
LO.655551212211122