Re: Eric Gisse doesn't know the basics of Relativity



On Aug 5, 8:12 am, "T.M. Sommers" <t...@xxxxxx> wrote:

Temperature is not invariant. It transforms as

T' = T * (1 - v^2/c^2)^(1/2)

where T is the temperature in the rest frame. See R.K. Parthia,
_Statistical Mechanics_, p. 152 ff. for a discussion.

Don't you mean T' = T/(1 - v^2/c^2)^(1/2) ?

Shubee
http://www.everythingimportant.org/relativity/special.pdf





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