The Study of Relativity in the Undergraduate Physics Lab

这个项目支持建立一个相对论研究中心。该中心为学生提供了通过三个活动来研究相对论影响的设备。第一项活动是测量宇宙射线卫星的速度和寿命。这些测量证实了光速是最大速度，月球的寿命在飞行过程中被延长了。第二个活动通过测量来自放射源的β粒子通过动量和速度选择器后的能量来验证能量、动量和速度之间的相对论关系。第三项活动是用计算机计算研究相对论效应，模拟散射等现象。高级学生在中心使用新电脑进行研究项目。该实验室同时也是招聘中心。墙上挂着海报、照片以及设备和计算的说明。学生们的研究成果也被醒目地展示出来。这种策略可以让潜在的专业学生感受到同龄人所经历的科学研究的兴奋。因此，该中心是一个重要的招聘工具，也是一个最先进的实验室和研究站。

This project supports the creation of a center for the study of relativity. The center is housing the equipment for students to study the effects of relativity through three activities. The first activity involves the measurement of the speed and lifetime of cosmic ray moons. These measurements confirm that the speed of light is the maximum speed, and that the moon lifetime is dilated during flight. The second activity verifies the relativistic relationship between energy, momentum, and velocity by measuring the energy of betas from a radioactive source after they have passed through momentum and velocity selectors. The third activity investigates relativistic effects with computer calculations that model phenomena such as scattering. Advanced students are conducting research projects in the center using the new computer. The laboratory is also serving as a center for recruitment. The walls have posters, photographs, and explanations of the equipment and calculations. Results of research by students are also being prominently displayed. This tactic allows potential majors to feel the excitement of scientific research experienced by their peers. This center is, therefore, serving an important recruitment tool, as well as a state-of-the art laboratory and research station.