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Zhivago
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Hello everyone, this is my first thread :)
It all started from the perfectly rigid rod connected from Earth to the moon and how fast the signal would get there if I pushed it. I understand the signal can't get there instantaneously because the inner structure of the atoms of the rod has a propagating limit.
But what happens if I push a rod (can be a regular sized one) with an energy high enough to give the first atoms in one end of the rod a speed greater then the propagating speed in the rod?
My answer would be: the rod would want to deform itself, or the energy would be converted to heat / radiation.
But I'm not quite sure of any of these... What do you think?
It all started from the perfectly rigid rod connected from Earth to the moon and how fast the signal would get there if I pushed it. I understand the signal can't get there instantaneously because the inner structure of the atoms of the rod has a propagating limit.
But what happens if I push a rod (can be a regular sized one) with an energy high enough to give the first atoms in one end of the rod a speed greater then the propagating speed in the rod?
My answer would be: the rod would want to deform itself, or the energy would be converted to heat / radiation.
But I'm not quite sure of any of these... What do you think?