Answer to Question #203526 in Astronomy | Astrophysics for Lakshmi Priya

Question

draw a plot of the lorentz factor for 0<B<0.9 to see how its value change

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