Massive Particle Reflection from Moving Mirrors

作者：Sfarti Adrian^*

来源：Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung Section A-A Journal of Physical Sciences, 2016, 71(9): 869-872.

DOI：10.1515/zna-2016-0268

• Energy-Momentum Four-Vector
• Ideal Mirrors
• Massive Particles
• Photons
• Relativistic Equations of Reflection
• Special Relativity
• Wave-Vector Four-Vector

We investigate the reflection of massive particles from moving mirrors. The adoption of the formalism based on the energy-momentum allowed us to derive the most general set of formulas, valid for massive and, in the limit, also for massless particles. We show that the momentum change of the reflecting particle always lies along the normal to the mirror, independent of the mirror speed. The subject is interesting not only to physicists designing concentrators for fascicles of massive particles and electron microscopes but also to computer scientists working in raytracing operating in the photon sector. The paper, far from being only theoretical, has profound and novel practical applications in both domains of engineering design and computer science.

• 出版日期2016-9