Relativistic functions (plasmapy.formulary.relativity)

Functions for calculating relativistic quantities (\(v \to c\)).

Classes

RelativisticBody(particle, ...)

A physical body that is moving at a velocity relative to the speed of light.
Inheritance diagram of plasmapy.formulary.relativity.RelativisticBody

Functions

Lorentz_factor(V)

Return the Lorentz factor.

relativistic_energy(m, v)

Calculate the relativistic energy (in joules) of an object of mass m and velocity v.