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The document presents a problem set for a course on Electromagnetic Theory and Electrodynamics, focusing on various scenarios involving relativistic effects and signal propagation. It includes five distinct problems that require calculations related to angles, decay of particles, light travel time, and analysis of events in different reference frames. Each problem emphasizes the application of concepts from special relativity and electromagnetic theory.

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EMT-Tutorials-2025-Set3

The document presents a problem set for a course on Electromagnetic Theory and Electrodynamics, focusing on various scenarios involving relativistic effects and signal propagation. It includes five distinct problems that require calculations related to angles, decay of particles, light travel time, and analysis of events in different reference frames. Each problem emphasizes the application of concepts from special relativity and electromagnetic theory.

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Electromagnetic Theory & Electrodynamics – Tutorials 2025

Problem Set 3

1. A rod of length 80 cm is inclined at an angle 60◦ from the x0 -axis in an inertial frame S 0 which moves
with a speed 0.8 c in the x direction in another inertial frame S, all of whose axes are oriented parallel to the
corresponding ones in S 0 . Find the angle the rod makes with the x-axis in the frame S.

2. A beam of muons travels with a speed v = 0.6c in the laboratory. If the mean life-time of a muon in its rest
frame is 2.2 × 10−6 s, what fraction of the intial number of muons in the beam would decay after traveling 15m
in the laboratory? [Given: The number density of muons is N (t) = N (0) exp(−t/τ ), where τ is the observed
life-time of a muon in motion.]

3. A rectangular slab of glass, of refractive index n and of proper thickness D, moves to the right with a speed
v, as shown in the figure below. Suppose that a flash of laser light, emitted from a point A on the left of the
slab, passes through it and gets detected at a point B on its right. If the distance between A and B is L, then
to an observer in the laboratory frame, how long would it take for the light to travel from A to B?

4. Consider two stationary observers A and B at a distance 3 m apart, in a reference frame S. At time
t = 0, A flashes an electromagnetic signal towards B, and after 1 light-second (i.e. ct = 1 m) B flashes an
electromagnetic signal towards A. After the signals cross each other at a point C, A’s signal is received at a
point RB on B’s world line, and B’s signal is received at a point RA on A’s world line.
Let there be another frame S 0 whose origin coincides with that of S initially (i.e. at t = 0). Assuming that
0
S is not rotated but boosted relative to S, with a speed v = c/2 along a particular axis, use the space-time
diagram to determine the ratio of the time intervals between the events (RA , RB ) and between the events
(C, RA ), according to a clock at rest in S 0 . Would this ratio be different according to a clock at rest in S?

5. In a coordinate system (ct, x), consider three events: one at the origin O and the other two occuring after
that, at certain space-time points A and B whose spatial locations are x = −3 m and x = 2 m, respectively.
(a) If both A and B have a unit proper time interval with O, then illustrate in the corresponding space-time
diagram, the curve on which they (and all other events having unit proper time interval with O) must lie.
Hence determine the speed of a signal connecting A and B.
(b) Let there be two more events, at the points C and D, whose spatial locations are x = 2 m and x = 3 m,
respectively. If both C and D are at a unit proper distance from O, then illustrate in the space-time
diagram, the curve on which they (and all other events at a unit proper distance from O) must lie. Find
the speeds of signals connecting (C, O), (C, D), (B, C) and (B, D), and hence determine the types of these
intervals — space-like, time-like or null.

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