2.3.32 · D1 · Physics › Modern Physics › Mass-energy equivalence E² = (pc)² + (mc²)²
Ek chalti hui cheez energy ko do independent tareekon se ek saath carry karti hai: sirf exist karne ki energy (uski rest energy) aur move karne ki energy (uska momentum). Ye dono ek right triangle ki do legs ki tarah combine hote hain, aur hypotenuse total energy hai — yahi E 2 = ( p c ) 2 + ( m c 2 ) 2 ka poora matlab hai.
Neeche sab kuch wo toolbox hai jo us picture ke sense hone se pehle chahiye: har letter ka matlab, wo kaunsi picture banata hai, aur topic uske bina kyun nahi chal sakta.
Is page pe koi assumption nahi hai. Agar parent note (topic note) mein koi symbol use hua tha, toh hum use yahan se ground up se build karte hain.
Kisi bhi physics se pehle, geometry ka ek piece poore topic ko power karta hai.
Definition Right triangle
Right triangle wo triangle hota hai jisme ek square corner (9 0 ∘ angle) ho. Us corner ko touch karne wali do chhoti sides legs hain. Corner ke opposite wali lambi tedhi side hypotenuse hai.
Do arrows imagine karo jo ek hi point se start ho rahe hain: ek seedha upar, ek seedha daayein. Ye perpendicular hain (9 0 ∘ par). Unke tips ko join karo — wo closing arrow hypotenuse hai.
Intuition "Perpendicular" se kya fayda
Do energies squares mein add hoti hain (directly add nahi) kyunki wo perpendicular hain — wo alag directions mein point karti hain, toh ek ka badhna doosri ko nahi ghataata. Rest-energy leg fixed rehti hai jabki motion leg badhti hai. Isliye m c 2 unchanging rehta hai aur E phir bhi speed ke saath badhta hai.
v — speed
v ye batata hai ki koi cheez kitni tez move karti hai: ek second mein kitne metres. Ek dot ko ek line pe slide karte hua imagine karo; v us dot ke move hone ki rate hai. Units: metres per second (m/s).
c — speed of light
c wo fastest speed hai jis par koi bhi cheez travel kar sakti hai: lagbhag 3 × 1 0 8 m/s (har second 30 crore metres). Ise ek cosmic speed limit ki tarah imagine karo — ek wall jise koi bhi massive object cross nahi kar sakta. Har relativity formula v ko c se compare karta hai.
Topic ko ye kyun chahiye: c mass aur energy ke beech conversion factor hai. Ye ek mass (kilograms) ko m c 2 ke through energy (joules) mein convert karta hai.
m — rest mass
m ek object mein "stuff" ki maatra hai jab wo still baitha ho tab measure ki gayi . Ise scale ki reading ki tarah imagine karo jab object aapke paas rest mein ho. Hum ise rest mass ya invariant mass kehte hain kyunki har koi, chahe wo kaise bhi move kar raha ho, is number par agree karta hai.
"Rest" kyun matter karta hai: puraani books mein kaha jaata tha ki mass speed ke saath "badh" jaata hai — yah topic jaanboojhkar us se bachta hai. Yahan m hamesha ke liye ek fixed number hai.
p — momentum
Momentum measure karta hai "kisi cheez ko rokna kitna mushkil hai." Ek bhaari truck aur ek bicycle ki same speed par imagine karo: truck ka momentum zyada hai. Newton ne likha p = m v (mass times speed). Relativity isme thoda correction karta hai, lekin picture same hai: quantity of motion .
Har relativistic effect is par depend karta hai ki aapki speed light speed ke kitna close hai , yaani fraction v / c par.
v / c — speed as a fraction of light
v / c ek pure number hai 0 aur 1 ke beech. Rest par, v / c = 0 . Light limit par, v / c = 1 . Ise ek fuel gauge ki tarah imagine karo "empty" (still) se "full" (light speed) tak.
Ab ek tool enter karta hai. Hume naya symbol chahiye hi kyun? Kyunki high speed par, time, length, energy aur momentum sab ek hi factor se stretch hote hain, aur baar baar 1 − v 2 / c 2 1 likhne se bachna ho toh ek naam de dete hain. Us factor ko γ (Greek letter "gamma") kehte hain.
γ — the Lorentz factor
γ = 1 − v 2 / c 2 1
Ise ek stretch dial ki tarah padho. v / c daalo; ek number γ ≥ 1 nikalta hai.
Is dial ko har case mein padho — reader ko koi bhi aisi value nahi milni chahiye jo humne pehle na dikhaayi ho:
γ 1 se kam ho sakta hai."
Kyun sahi lagta hai: stretching sunke lagta hai ki shrink bhi ho sakta hai.
Fix: v 2 / c 2 hamesha ≥ 0 hota hai, toh 1 − v 2 / c 2 ≤ 1 hota hai, toh uska reciprocal (square root ke baad) hamesha ≥ 1 hota hai. γ kabhi bhi 1 se neeche nahi jaata.
Ab hum wo dono quantities assemble karte hain jo triangle ko chahiye.
E — total relativistic energy
E wo saari energy hai jo ek object ke paas hai: exist karne ki energy plus move karne ki energy, ek hi number mein. Units: joules (J). Relativity likhta hai
E = γ m c 2 .
Picture: rest energy m c 2 lo aur stretch dial γ se multiply karo. Rest par (γ = 1 ) pure m c 2 milta hai; move karne par, zyada milta hai.
m c 2 — rest energy
Mass ke andar sirf exist karne ki wajah se band energy, zero speed par bhi. Ise hamare triangle ki fixed vertical leg ki tarah imagine karo — ye kabhi nahi badlti kyunki m aur c kabhi nahi badte.
p c — the momentum leg
Momentum p ko c se multiply karo toh ek quantity milti hai energy units mein (joules), toh ye E aur m c 2 ke saath ek hi triangle par baith sakti hai. Ise badhti hui horizontal leg ki tarah imagine karo: rest par p = 0 toh ye leg zero hai; tez motion se ye barhta hai.
c se multiply kyun? Akela momentum (kg·m/s) energy (joules) se compare nahi ho sakta. c ka ek factor units convert kar deta hai taaki teeno sides ek hi language bolein.
Yahan wo master picture hai jiske liye ye saare symbols banaye gaye the:
Intuition Sab kuch ek saath
Vertical leg m c 2 : fixed (rest energy).
Horizontal leg p c : speed ke saath badhti hai (motion energy).
Hypotenuse E : total, hamesha ( p c ) 2 + ( m c 2 ) 2 .
Speed badhao → horizontal leg stretch hoti hai → hypotenuse E stretch hoti hai — lekin vertical wall m c 2 apni jagah rehti hai. Ek drawing mein yahi poora topic hai.
Worked examples do energy units ke beech switch karte hain, toh dono abhi build karo.
Energy ki everyday scientific unit. Ek chhota sa apple ek metre upar uthane mein lagbhag ek joule lagta hai.
Definition electron-volt (eV)
Particles ke liye natural ek bahut chhoti energy unit: 1 eV = 1.6 × 1 0 − 19 J. Ek electron jo 1-volt battery cross karne par gain karta hai uski energy imagine karo. Particle rest energies eV mein neat numbers mein aati hain (electron = 0.511 MeV, proton = 938 MeV), isliye physicists ise prefer karte hain.
J → eV convert karo: 1.6 × 1 0 − 19 se divide karo. eV → J convert karo: 1.6 × 1 0 − 19 se multiply karo.
(1 MeV = 1 0 6 eV.)
total energy E = gamma m c squared
Pythagoras h squared = a squared + b squared
E squared = pc squared + mc squared squared
Khud test karo — answer karne ke baad hi reveal karo.
Energy triangle ki do legs aur hypotenuse kya hain? legs p c (motion) aur m c 2 (rest); hypotenuse E (total energy)
Pythagoras' theorem state karo. legs a , b aur hypotenuse h ke liye h 2 = a 2 + b 2
c kya hai aur uski approximate value kya hai?speed of light, cosmic speed limit, ≈ 3 × 1 0 8 m/s
m ko invariant/rest mass kyun kehte hain?ye rest par measure kiya jaata hai aur har observer iss par agree karta hai; ye speed ke saath kabhi nahi badlta
Lorentz factor γ likho. v = 0 par γ kya hota hai, aur v → c par kya hota hai?rest par γ = 1 ; v → c ke saath γ → ∞
γ kabhi 1 se kam kyun nahi ho sakta?v 2 / c 2 ≥ 0 se 1 − v 2 / c 2 ≤ 1 hota hai, toh uska inverse-root ≥ 1 hota hai
Identity γ 2 = c 2 / ( c 2 − v 2 ) dikhao. γ 2 = 1/ ( 1 − v 2 / c 2 ) se, top aur bottom dono ko c 2 se multiply karo
Momentum p ko c se kyun multiply karte hain? kg·m/s ko energy units (joules) mein convert karne ke liye taaki ye triangle par fit ho sake
Total energy do equivalent tareekon mein likho. E = γ m c 2 aur
E = ( p c ) 2 + ( m c 2 ) 2 Ek electron-volt mein kitne joules hote hain? 1 eV = 1.6 × 1 0 − 19 J
Joules mein energy ko eV mein convert karo. 1.6 × 1 0 − 19 se divide karo
Special Relativity — jahan se c ek speed limit ki tarah aur poora framework aata hai
Lorentz Factor — stretch dial γ yahan poori tarah se build kiya gaya hai
Photon Momentum — m = 0 wali leg, zero mass ke saath momentum
Relativistic Kinetic Energy — bacha hua ( γ − 1 ) m c 2 jab rest energy hata di jaaye
Four-Momentum — wo deeper object jiska "length" m c 2 hai
Nuclear Binding Energy — jahan mass ka energy mein convert hona real consequences rakhta hai