2. EVALUACIÓN DE LOS EOM POR LOS CEIM
2.5. Evaluación del cumplimiento de la normativa de protección de datos
2.5.3. Procedimiento de anonimización o seudonimización (Art.5.4 del RD 957/2020)
It is almost always helpful in calculations to use such [frame-invariant] expressions.
Bernard Schutz §2.6
2.1 Exercises
2.2 Identify the free and dummy indices in the following equations and change them into equivalent expressions with different indices. How many different equations does each expression represent?
(a) AαBα = 5.
Solution: α is the dummy index. There are no free indices and this represents only one equation. Here it could be written equivalently with α replaced by any Greek letter, e.g. AμBμ= 5 means the same thing, but in general one has to be careful about which letters are being used already in the same term.
(b) A¯μ= Λ¯μνAν.
Solution: ν is the dummy index. ¯μ is the free index, so there are four equations, one for each value of ¯μ. Here it could be written equivalently as A¯α = Λ¯ασAσ. But pay attention when using this expression since now ¯α is playing the role of ¯μ.
(c) TαμλAμCλγ = Dγ α.
Solution: Both λ, μ are dummy indices; α, γ free indices; 16 equations, one for each pair of the free indices. One could write this as: TανσAνCσγ = Dγ α, or you could change the free indices too TβνσAνCσμ= Dμβ, but then β and μ play the roles of α and γ .
(d) Rμν−12gμνR = Gμν. 23
Solution: ν and μ are free indices, and there are 16 equations, one for each pair of the free indices. [We will see later that in this particular case the equations are not all independent because of the symmetry properties of the tensors involved, but that is a separate issue.] Although the indices are repeated, they are not repeated in the same factor. An equivalent expression is: Rαβ−12gαβR= Gαβ.
2.5 A collection of vectors{a, b, c, d} is said to be linearly independent if no linear combination of them is zero except the trivial one, 0a + 0b + 0c + 0 d = 0.
(a) Show that the basis vectors in
e0→
Solution: Call the basisO and start with an arbitrary linear combination of these four vectors, a0e0+ a1e1+ a2e2+ a3e3→
O (a0, a1, a2, a3). The only way that vector can equal the vector (0, 0, 0, 0) is if all components are zero, which means all four of the aμ
must be zero, i.e. the trival solution. Thus the basis vectors are linearly independent.
Alternatively, some students will be more comfortable with using linear algebra.
One could write this out in matrix notation:
⎛
It is a result of elementary linear algebra that this system has nontrivial solutions only if the determinant of the matrix is zero. But the determinant is+1. So there are no nontrivial solutions and thus the basis vectors must be linearly independent.
Either of the above solutions are fine. But to get some practice with our more general notation, start with a general linear combination aμ,
0= aμ(eα)μ= aμδαμ. usedeqn.(2.3) (2.2) Consider the first component, α= 0. The equation above is 0 = a0× 1, so a0must be zero; this is the only solution. Similarly for the other components. Since this trivial solution is the only solution, the basis vectors must be linearly independent.
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(b) Is the following set linearly independent,{a, b, c, 5a + 3b − 2c} ?
Solution: The given set is not linearly independent, since the linear combination (−5, −3, 2, 1) gives the zero vector.
2.7 (a) Verify
(eα)β = δαβ Schutz Eq. (2.10) (2.3) for all α, β.
Solution:Eqn.(2.3) introduces some new notation. As Schutz advised, the superscript and subscript index notation will become clear when we get into differential geometry.
The RHS is the Kronecker delta, which after reading Chapter 3 we will interpret as a second-rank tensor. For now note that there are two free indices, one up and one down, and it can be written as the identity matrix. So of course the LHS must also be a second-rank tensor (SP3.14asks for a proof of this) and must have two free indices. How can that be? Here eα is a set of four vectors. And enclosing this set within parentheses and writing a superscript β implies that we are pulling off the β component for each vector α; this gives us two free indices on the LHS as well.1
If we write the basis vectors as row vectors as in eqn.(2.1), then the set form a matrix, and the matrix element is unity when row and column numbers are equal, and zero otherwise, i.e. the identity matrix:
⎛
⎜⎜
⎝
1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1
⎞
⎟⎟
⎠ .
The RHS of eqn. (2.3) can of course be written as the identity matrix too, which demonstrates the equality.
(b) Prove
A= Aαeα Schutz Eq. (2.11) (2.4)
fromeqn.(2.1) above.
Solution: In Schutz §2.2 we were told that if A→
O (A0, A1, A2, A3),
1While not explicitly explained in the text, you will find this notation used in other texts, (see Example 1.4.8 in Hassani,1999). This was also used in Schutz Eq. (2.21) and will be used later in the book, e.g. Schutz Eq. (5.52).
then A= Aαeα. To demonstrate this we simply substitute the definition of the basis given ineqn.(2.1) and perform the multiplication. For the first component, α= 0, A0 multiplies the basis vectore0:
A0e0= A0(1, 0, 0, 0)= (A0, 0, 0, 0).
And this is the only contribution to the first component because all the other basis vectors are zero in the first component. Similarly for the other components:
A1e1= A1(0, 1, 0, 0)= (0, A1, 0, 0) A2e2= A2(0, 0, 1, 0)= (0, 0, A2, 0) A3e3= A3(0, 0, 0, 1)= (0, 0, 0, A3).
Summing these we obtain, (A0, A1, A2, A3).
2.9 Prove, by writing out all the terms, that
3
¯α=0
⎛
⎝3
β=0
Λ¯αβAβe¯α
⎞
⎠ =3
β=0
3
¯α=0
Λ¯αβAβe¯α
. (2.5)
Since the order of summation does not matter, we are justified in using the Einstein summation convention to write simply Λ¯αβAβe¯αwhich does not specify the order of summation.
Solution: There are 16 terms to write out. Starting with the LHS ofeqn. (2.5) and expanding the inner sum first we have:
Λ00A0e0 + Λ01A1e0 + Λ02A2e0 + Λ03A3e0
Λ10A0e1 + Λ11A1e1 + Λ12A2e1 + Λ13A3e1
Λ20A0e2 + Λ21A1e2 + Λ22A2e2 + Λ23A3e2
Λ30A0e3 + Λ31A1e3 + Λ32A2e3 + Λ33A3e3
(2.6)
The RHS ofeqn.(2.5) gives the same sum of terms but with the order changed so of course the sums are equal:
Λ00A0e0 + Λ10A0e1 + Λ20A0e2 + Λ30A0e3
Λ01A1e0 + Λ11A1e1 + Λ21A1e2 + Λ31A1e3
Λ02A2e0 + Λ12A2e1 + Λ22A2e2 + Λ32A2e3
Λ03A3e0 + Λ13A3e1 + Λ23A3e2 + Λ33A3e3
. (2.7)
To help line up terms note that the way I chose to write it, the rows and columns are interchanged.
Thinking more abstractly, you can convince yourself that for each term in the sum on the LHS ofeqn.(2.5) there must be a corresponding term on the RHS, and vice versa. For on both sides these terms look like, Λ¯αβAβe¯α. And the double sums ensure
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that we have each possible pair of indices. And of course the order does not matter for a finite sum, so the sums are equal.
2.10 Prove
eα = Λ¯βαe¯β Schutz Eq. (2.13) (2.8) from
Aα
Λ¯βαe¯β− eα
= 0 (2.9)
by making specific choices for the components of the arbitrary vector A. [This is a very important exercise. Note the RHS ofeqn.(2.9) is a vector, 0.]
Solution: There are four equations ineqn.(2.8), one for each value of α. The trick here is to choose an Aαwith only one non-zero entry to isolate one of these equations. For example, choosing (1, 0, 0, 0), or (10, 0, 0, 0), shows straight away that
Λ¯β0e¯β= e0,
which iseqn.(2.8) with α = 0. Similarly choosing Aα as (0, 1, 0, 0), or (0, 2, 0, 0), shows straight away
Λ¯β1e¯β= e1.
Repeating this argument gives the result for the other two basis vectors.
2.12 Given A →
O (0,−2, 3, 5), find:
(b) the components of AinO, which moves at speed 0.6 relative to O in the positive x-direction. [In part (a) we saw thatO moves at speed 0.8 relative to O also in the positive x-direction.]
Hint: Remember not to add the velocities linearly, but to use the Einstein law of composition of velocities eqn. (1.22), or use the velocity parameters introduced in Exercise 1.18.
(c) the magnitude of Afrom its components inO;
Hint: Note that the definition of the magnitude of the vector is analogous to the interval introduced in Schutz Chapter 1, seeeqn.(2.28).
(d) the magnitude of Afrom its components inO;
Hint: If you got a different answer than in (c), something went wrong!
2.14 The following matrix gives a Lorentz transformation fromO to O:
Λ(v)=
(a) What is the velocity (speed and direction) ofO relative to O?
Solution: v= −3/5 in the z-direction (or 3/5 in the negative z-direction). Because the off-diagonal term is in the z column, this gives the direction. The magnitude is found easily from−vγ = 0.75, where γ = 1.25 from the diagonal term. One can confirm that γ = 1/√
1− v2, once v is found.
(b) What is the inverse matrix to the given one?
Solution: One could in principle use the techniques of linear algebra to find the inverse matrix. But since it is a Lorentz transformation, the inverse can be obtained from the Lorentz transformation fromO back to O. That is, one simply changes the sign of the velocity from that in (a), giving:
Λ(−v) =
Indeed matrix multiplication confirms this is the inverse.
(c) Find the components inO of a vector A →
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2.16 Derive the Einstein velocity-addition formula by performing a Lorentz transforma-tion with velocity v on the four-velocity of a particle whose speed in the original frame was W .
Solution: The particle moves with speed W , say along the ¯x-axis, in a reference frame O that is moving along the x-axis of O with speed v. The particle’s four-velocity in reference frameO, U →
O (γ (W ), γ (W ) W , 0, 0) (if that is not obvious then see the example in Schutz §2.4). Be careful here, we want the Lorentz transformation from O to O, which is:
Performing the matrix multiplication, Λ(−v)α¯βU¯β = Uα, gives the four-velocity components in O: U →
O (γ (W )γ (v) + vWγ (W)γ (v), vγ (v)γ (W) + W γ (v)γ (W ), 0, 0). It turns out to be very easy to convert this to the three-velocity.
Again we have a four-velocity with the only non-zero spatial component in the x-direction, and from the relation above from the example in Schutz §2.4 it is clear that the only non-zero component of the corresponding three-velocity is U1/U0= vx. So here we have,
which agrees witheqn.(1.22).
This algorithm to convert a four-velocity to three-velocity turns out to apply more generally, as is clear from the definition of four-velocity:
U ≡dx
dτ. Schutz Eq. (2.31) (2.11)
For then we see in particular that U0= dt This was derived a different way in Exercise 2.15(c).
2.18 (a) Show that the sum of any two orthogonal spacelike vectors is spacelike.
Solution: Spacelike vectors have positive magnitude so here A· A >0 and B· B >0.
By definition, orthogonal vectors have A· B= 0, so
( A+ B)· ( A+ B)= A· A+ B· B+ 2 A· B
= A· A+ B· B >0. used Aand Bboth spacelike (2.13) So ( A+ B)is also spacelike.
(b) Show that a timelike vector and a null vector cannot be orthogonal.
Solution: Let Aand N be arbitrary timelike and null vectors respectively. Keep the algebra simple and rotate to a coordinate frame such that the spatial part of the null vector Nis all in one component,
N →
O (N0, N1, 0, 0)= (N0, N0, 0, 0),
where N0= N1because it is a null vector. The vector Ahas unknown coordinates in this frame, but
A· N= −A0N0+ A1N0= N0(A1− A0).
We cannot have N0= 0, for otherwise N would be a zero vector (recall null vectors are not zero vectors). Furthermore (A1− A0) 0 because a timelike vector has a dominant time component. More formally, if (A1− A0)= 0 then
A· A= (A2)2+ (A3)2≥ 0,
which contradicts the stipulation that Ais timelike. We conclude that A· N 0, which proves they are not orthogonal.
2.20 The world line of a particle is described by the equations
x = at + b sin(ωt), y= b cos(ωt),
z= 0, |b ω| < 1, (2.14)
in some inertial frame. Describe the motion and compute the components of the particles four-velocity and four-acceleration.
Solution: The particle moves in a circle in the x−y plane of radius b, in a clockwise sense when viewed in the direction of decreasing z. The circle translates along the x-axis at speed a. The three-velocity is computed directly by differentiating the given equations, v →
O (˙x, ˙y, 0), where
˙x = a + ωb cos(ωt), ˙y = −ωb sin(ωt). (2.15)
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Note the magnitude of the three-velocity has a maximum when the rotational motion is in the direction of the translational motion, so we require|a + bω| < 1 for a realistic particle. So the statement in the question that |bω| < 1 is not quite strict enough.
The four-velocity is obtained from the three-velocity using the formula derived in Exercise 2.15(b), see alsoeqn.(2.12):
U →
O (γ (v),˙xγ (v), ˙yγ (v), 0) = γ (v)(1, a + bω cos(ωt), −ωb sin(ωt), 0), (2.16) where v= |v| =
(a+ ωb cos(ωt))2+ (ωb sin(ωt))2=
a2+ 2aωb cos(ωt) + ω2b2. To obtain the particle four-acceleration we require the four-velocity as a function of proper time, τ , not the time in the inertial frame, t. But remember that the proper time is the time measured by a clock stationary in the MCRF. Call this MCRFO, and then t = τ = x0. And t = Λ(−v)0¯αx¯α. For simplicity we choose the MCRF with origin at the particle location, so x¯α →
O (τ, 0, 0, 0), and t = γ (−v)τ = γ (v)τ. Then we obtain the four-acceleration from the given equations in t and the chain rule,
a ≡ d U dτ = d U
dt dt
dτ = γ (v)d U dt .
Do not forget that γ (v) is a function of t too! In supplementary problem SP2.5in section 2.2we derive a general expression for the four-acceleration,
a = γ3[ ˙x ¨x + ˙y ¨y + ˙z¨z] U+ γ2(0,¨x, ¨y, ¨z). usedeqn.(2.52) (2.17) Substituting the values for our particular problem we find:
a = γ3[−ω2absin(ωt)] U+ γ2
0,−ω2bsin(ωt),−ω2bcos(ωt), 0
. (2.18)
2.22 (a) Find the energy, rest mass, and three-velocity v of a particle whose four-momentum has the components (4, 1, 1, 0) kg.
Solution: Call the reference frame in which the components of the four-momentum were givenO.
Energy inO: In general p →O (E, p1, p2, p3), so E = 4 kg.
Three-velocity in O: In general m U = p, where m is the rest mass and U is the four-velocity. And the three-velocity is related to the four-velocity as inferred in Exercise 2.15(b); for general three-velocity v = (u, v, w), the corresponding four-velocity is
A→
O(γ (|v|), u γ (|v|), v γ (|v|), w γ (|v|)), (2.19) where|v| =√
u2+ v2+ w2. So p →O (mγ, muγ , mvγ , mwγ ), where v →
O (u, v, w) are the components of the three-velocity. Note that E = mγ , and simply dividing p
through by E reveals that v →
O (1/4, 1/4, 0). The corresponding Lorentz factor, is γ (|v|) = 1
√1− v · v = 4
√14.
Rest mass: Since E= mγ = 4, we find m = √
14≈ 3.74 kg.
2.22 (b) The collision of two particles of four-momenta
p1→
O (3,−1, 0, 0) kg, p2→
O (2, 1, 1, 0) kg
results in the destruction of the two particles and the production of three new ones, two of which have four-momenta
p3→
O (1, 1, 0, 0) kg, p4→
O (1,−1/2, 0, 0) kg.
Find the four-momentum, energy, rest mass, and three-velocity of the third particle produced. Find the CM frame’s three-velocity.
Solution: We must apply the law of conservation of four-momentum, see Schutz Eq. (2.22). Here
pI = p1+ p2→
O (5, 0, 1, 0) kg.
By conservation of four-momentum,
pF = pI = p3+ p4+ p5, so
p5= pI− p3− p4→
O (3,−1/2, 1, 0) kg.
Now, like in Exercise 2.22(a), we know the four-momentum. From an analysis just like in (a), we find the fifth particle has in this same reference frame: E5→
O 3 kg, and v5→
O (−1/6, 1/3, 0). Finally, the rest mass is m = √
31/2≈ 2.78 kg.
The three-velocity of the CM frame is simply the three-velocity associated with the four-momentum pI. As in Exercise 2.22(a) we find its components by dividing the spatial components of the four-momentum by the energy:
v→
O (0, 1/5, 0).
It is easy to verify that the corresponding Lorentz transformation to the CM frame transforms pI(= pF)to have only a time component, m(e¯0)¯α, via
Λ¯αβ pFβ = pF¯α →
CM(m, 0, 0, 0). (2.20)
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For example, look at the ¯y component:
pF¯2= Λ¯20pF0+ Λ¯22pF2 just the¯y component
= −vγ 5 + γ = 0. (2.21)
2.24 Prove that conservation of four-momentum forbids a reaction in which an electron and positron annihilate and produce a single photon (γ -ray). Prove that the produc-tion of two photons is not forbidden.
Solution: Particles come and go, but four-momentum is conserved. Consider the hypothetical situation where a positron and electron annihilate producing a single particle, a γ -ray. Then conservation of four-momentum would require,
pe++ pe− = pγ, (2.22)
which gives two equations. The time component ofeqn.(2.22) looks like conservation of energy,
p0e++ p0e− = p0γ = ¯hω,
where ¯h is the reduced Planck constant and ω is the angular frequency of the γ -ray.
The spatial part ofeqn.(2.22) looks like traditional conservation of momentum, pie++ pei− = piγ.
We can always work in the CM frame of the electron and positron, so that the spatial part of pe++ pe−is zero. But the γ -ray’s four-momentum is always a null vector and thus must have a spatial part in any inertial reference frame. For example, rotate the CM coordinates such that the x-axis is aligned with the direction of propagation of the γ -ray, and then
pγ →
CM(¯h ω, ¯h ω, 0, 0).
The non-zero pγ1 = ¯h ω violates conservation of momentum in the x-direction.
It is possible to produce two γ -rays while conserving four-momentum. Suppose they travel in opposite directions with equal and opposite momentum in some frame of reference O. Then the final total four-momentum has zero spatial part.
To satisfy spatial momentum conservation we only require that the positron and electron have equal and opposite momentum in O, so ve+= − ve− with arbi-trary ve+, which can obviously be satisfied. Conservation of energy dictates the frequency of the pair of γ -rays through 2γ (|ve+|)me= 2¯hω. In fact, if γ ≈ 1, then ¯hω ≈ 511 keV. Large numbers of collinear γ -ray pairs, with random ori-entations, allow one to locate the source, a fact exploited in Positron Emission Tomography.
2.25 (a) Let frameO move with speed u in the x-direction relative to O. Let a photon have frequency ν inO and move at an angle θ with respect to O’s x-axis. Show that its frequency inO is
ν
ν = γ (u)(1 − u cos(θ)) = 1
√1− u2(1− u cos(θ)). Schutz Eq. (2.42) (2.23)
Solution: In the reference frameO the photon has four-momentum
p →O (hν, hν cos(θ ), hν sin(θ ), 0). (2.24) This follows from the fact that the momentum of a photon must be a null vector.
Transforming to the frameO moving at speed u along the x-axis, we apply the Lorentz transformation
The Doppler shift is obtained from the time component, i.e. the first component p¯0= h¯ν = γ hν − uγ hν cos(θ), and can be expressed as,
ν
ν = γ (1 − u cos(θ)) = 1
√1− u2(1− u cos(θ)).
2.25 (b) At what angle θ does the photon have to move so that there is no Doppler shift betweenO and O?
Solution: No Doppler shift occurs when ν
ν = 1 = 1
√1− u2(1− u cos(θ)). usedeqn.(2.23) (2.25) Solving for cos θ gives:
cos θ = 1− √ 1− u2
u .
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θ= arccos
1−√
1− u2 u
. (2.26)
See also the MapleTMworksheet.
2.25 (c) Use
− p · Uobs= E Schutz Eq. (2.35) (2.27) and E= hν, Schutz Eq. (2.38), to calculateeqn.(2.23) in part (a) above.
Solution:Eqn. (2.27) is the frame-invarient expression for energy E relative to an observer moving with velocity Uobsrelative to some frameO. This calculation ends up being exactly the same as above, but allows one to focus on the relevant parts, i.e.
just the time component. The observer’s four-velocity is Uobs→
O (γ, γ u, 0, 0), with γ = 1
√1− u2, and recall the photon’s four-momentum is
p →O (hν, hν cos(θ ), hν sin(θ ), 0), so we can immediately find
E= − p · Uobs= γ (u)hν − uγ (u)hν cos(θ).
This was the time component of the p with respect to O found in part (a) above.
2.27 Two identical bodies of mass 10 kg are at rest at the same temperature. One of them is heated by the addition of 100 J of heat. Both are then subjected to the same force.
Which accelerates faster, and by how much?
Solution: Each object has rest mass, m(T0)= 10[kg]. Increase the temperature from T0to T by heat flux δQ = 100 J. In the MCRF of the object, U0 = 1 and mU0 = p0= E. So
m(T )= m(T0)[kg] + δQ[J]/c2[m2/s2] = 10 + 1.1 × 10−15[kg].
Increasing the temperature increases the rest mass! With the same applied force of course the cooler (hence lighter) body accelerates faster by about 1 part in 1016.
This problem is interesting to look at from a thermodynamics point of view. The heat flux increases the temperature and enthalpy of the object, which is reflected on
a microscopic scale by an increase in the motion, relative to the center of mass of the object, of the elements (atoms or molecules or sea of electrons depending on the material) composing the object. This motion increases the effective mass of the elements. Say an element has rest mass mi, then when it has thermal speed vi it has
“relativistic mass” mi,rel = miγ (vi). An interesting discussion of this can be found online by searchinghttp://en.wikipedia.orgfor “mass-energy equivalence.”
2.29 Prove, using the component expressions
A2= −(A0)2+ (A1)2+ (A2)2+ (A3)2 Schutz Eq. (2.24) (2.28) and
A· B= −A0B0+ A1B1+ A2B2+ A3B3 Schutz Eq. (2.26) (2.29) that
d
dτ( U· U )= 2 U· d U dτ. Solution:
d
dτ( U· U )= d dτ
−(U0)2+ (U1)2+ (U2)2+ (U3)2
= −2U0dU0
dτ + 2UidUi dτ
= 2 U·d U
dτ . (2.30)
2.31 A photon of frequency ν is reflected without change of frequency from a mirror, with an angle of incidence θ . Calculate the momentum transferred to the mirror. What momentum would be transferred if the photon were absorbed rather than reflected?
Solution: This appears to be a straightforward application of conservation of four-momentum, but is fun because it gets us thinking about all four components. Let the mirror lie in the y−z plane, with photon traveling initially in the x−y plane, with angle θ to the x-axis. Then the initial four-momentum of the photon is written
Pi = (hν, cos(θ)hν, sin(θ)hν, 0),
where h is Planck’s constant. First construct the four-momentum of the reflected pho-ton Pr. Since the photon frequency does not change, we know the time component,
Pr0= Pi0= hν.
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Assume that the momentum transferred is only in the x-direction (say it is a very smooth mirror). So then we can also construct the reflected y and z components:
Pr2= Pi2= sin(θ)hν, Pr3= Pi3= 0.
Recall that the four-momentum of a photon is orthogonal to itself,
p · p = 0. Schutz Eq. (2.37) (2.31)
This alone gives us two possibilities for Pr1= ± cos(θ)hν. For the reflected photon, we choose the minus sign. In summary,
Pr = (hν, −hν cos(θ), hν sin(θ), 0).
By conservation of four-momentum, we see that the momentum transferred to the mirror must be Pm1 = 2hν cos(θ) in the x-direction. How did the mirror acquire x-direction momentum without gaining energy? See SP2.4insection 2.2.
If the photon is absorbed, then the momentum transferred to the mirror has three components,
Pm= (Em, Pm1, Pm2, 0)= (hν, hν cos(θ), hν sin(θ), 0).
How did the mirror acquire the extra energy Em= hν? See SP2.4insection 2.2.
2.32 Let a particle of charge e and rest mass m, initially at rest in the laboratory,
2.32 Let a particle of charge e and rest mass m, initially at rest in the laboratory,