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Plots of (γ − 1)c 2 × mass, versus proper velocity × mass, for a range of mass values along both axes. Plotting "( γ − 1) versus proper velocity" after multiplying the former by mc 2 and the latter by mass m , for various values of m yields a family of kinetic energy versus momentum curves that includes most of the moving objects ...
Stellar proper motions have been used to infer the presence of a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. [18] This now confirmed to exist black hole is called Sgr A*, and has a mass of 4.3 × 10 6 M ☉ (solar masses). Proper motions of the galaxies in the Local Group are discussed in detail in Röser. [19]
Ratio of flow velocity to the local speed of sound unitless: 1: Magnetic flux: Φ: Measure of magnetism, taking account of the strength and the extent of a magnetic field: weber (Wb) L 2 M T −2 I −1: scalar Mass fraction: x: Mass of a substance as a fraction of the total mass kg/kg 1: intensive (Mass) Density (or volume density) ρ: Mass ...
The history of an object traces a curve in spacetime, called its world line. If the object has mass, so that its speed is necessarily less than the speed of light, the world line may be parametrized by the proper time of the object. The four-velocity is the rate of change of four-position with respect to the proper time along the curve. The ...
Rest energy (also called rest mass energy) is the energy associated with a particle's invariant mass. [2] [3] The rest energy of a particle is defined as: =, where is the speed of light in vacuum. [2] [3] [4] In general, only differences in energy have physical significance. [5]
In cgs units, if the mass is in grams and the velocity in centimeters per second, then the momentum is in gram centimeters per second (g⋅cm/s). Being a vector, momentum has magnitude and direction. For example, a 1 kg model airplane, traveling due north at 1 m/s in straight and level flight, has a momentum of 1 kg⋅m/s due north measured ...
The total (mechanical) force that is calculated to induce the proper acceleration on a mass at rest in a coordinate system that has a proper acceleration, via Newton's law F = ma, is called the proper force. As seen above, the proper force is equal to the opposing reaction force that is measured as an object's "operational weight" (i.e. its ...
A simple pendulum consists of a mass M hanging from a pivot point so that it is constrained to move on a circle of radius L. The position of the mass is defined by the coordinate vector r = (x, y) measured in the plane of the circle such that y is in the vertical direction. The coordinates x and y are related by the equation of the circle