Answer to Question #203517 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Ahmed Ayman Mohamm

Question

Draw a plot of the Lorentz factor for 0 ≤ β ≤ 0:9 to see how its value changes

Answer 1

Explanations & Answer

• $\small \beta$ is the ratio between the speed of the object to the speed of light: $\small \beta = \large \frac{v}{c}$
• And the Lorentz factor is given as $\small \gamma =\large \frac{1}{\sqrt {1-\beta^2}}$
• Then, its behavior is given as follows,

• It is visible that the speed of the object approaches the speed of light, Lorentz factor approaches infinity