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I googled this and didn't find anything. But it's a simple question. If a proton was moving 99.999% the speed of light in the LHC, and the Earth and LHC and everything around it disappeared, would the proton lose speed or energy overtime? assuming no background radiation etc.
A simpler way of putting might be do the protons in the LHC lose energy or speed in some way and need to be kept up with magnets (not assuming rotational energy loss in LHC loops)?
basically if a proton was moving 99.999% the speed of light in outer-space assuming no cosmic background radiation, it would obviously keep moving that speed forever assuming it wasn't affected by anything, but I'm wondering if a proton that's accelerated with a charge or a highly charged proton would lose speed or react differently?
Thanks
A simpler way of putting might be do the protons in the LHC lose energy or speed in some way and need to be kept up with magnets (not assuming rotational energy loss in LHC loops)?
basically if a proton was moving 99.999% the speed of light in outer-space assuming no cosmic background radiation, it would obviously keep moving that speed forever assuming it wasn't affected by anything, but I'm wondering if a proton that's accelerated with a charge or a highly charged proton would lose speed or react differently?
Thanks
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