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Okay these are kind of layman questions but I appreciate the time and effort for answering.
You've probably got the question like when a proton is in the LHC what do people mean by it gains mass as it reaches a faster speed
I realize it gains acceleration mass in the way it's continually harder to accelerate and impossible to reach the speed of light, I've been browsing this question in the past and people could not seem to agree whether it gains weight assuming you could magically weigh it, that's the first question do protons very near the speed of light actually weigh more assuming you could magically weigh them? is the attraction to the Earth greater ever so slightly?
If they do weigh more, it must be relative weight in relation to the fact that the Earth isn't moving as fast relatively
so let's say i had two iron beams that were magically accelerated to very close the speed of light going opposite directions and passing near each other, since they would weigh more (assuming that is the case) would they have an appreciable attraction toward each other? what about if they passed near each other perpendicular?
Also say we an electron and a proton accelerated near the speed of light in opposite directions going toward each other
this question is assuming you'd agree that at a certain point, as a proton moves faster, its attraction to an electron weakens because of time dilation, i mean thinking about it, it must be a weaker attraction because there's less attraction compared to a proton moving much slower like one on earth, when something moves fast enough even chemical reactions would occur slower from time dilationbut if the proton is moving opposite and not relative to the electron, would the proton have more attraction to that electron than it would to another electron it's moving relative to?
thanks for answers, let me know if you want clarification before you answer, i'll explain what i mean pretty quick
You've probably got the question like when a proton is in the LHC what do people mean by it gains mass as it reaches a faster speed
I realize it gains acceleration mass in the way it's continually harder to accelerate and impossible to reach the speed of light, I've been browsing this question in the past and people could not seem to agree whether it gains weight assuming you could magically weigh it, that's the first question do protons very near the speed of light actually weigh more assuming you could magically weigh them? is the attraction to the Earth greater ever so slightly?
If they do weigh more, it must be relative weight in relation to the fact that the Earth isn't moving as fast relatively
so let's say i had two iron beams that were magically accelerated to very close the speed of light going opposite directions and passing near each other, since they would weigh more (assuming that is the case) would they have an appreciable attraction toward each other? what about if they passed near each other perpendicular?
Also say we an electron and a proton accelerated near the speed of light in opposite directions going toward each other
this question is assuming you'd agree that at a certain point, as a proton moves faster, its attraction to an electron weakens because of time dilation, i mean thinking about it, it must be a weaker attraction because there's less attraction compared to a proton moving much slower like one on earth, when something moves fast enough even chemical reactions would occur slower from time dilationbut if the proton is moving opposite and not relative to the electron, would the proton have more attraction to that electron than it would to another electron it's moving relative to?
thanks for answers, let me know if you want clarification before you answer, i'll explain what i mean pretty quick
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