Re: Why accelerators cannot push electrons travel at speed more than "c
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Re: Why accelerators cannot push electrons travel at speed more than "c         

Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Errol
Date: Sep 2, 2008 06:18

On Sep 2, 8:32 am, Sanny hotmail.com> wrote:
> Partical Accelerators use electro magnetic waves to accelerate
> particals using their charge.
>
> Since electro magnetic waves travel at speed "c" the max speed they
> can force a charged partical is c.
>
> Say there is a pipe of water and a ball in inside. And water is
> travelling at 2 m/ s speed. How fast the ball can be moved.
>
> 1. initially ball is at rest.
>
> 2. slowly its speed is 1.999 m / s.
>
> 3. We keep increasing the flow of water at speed 2 m / s Then speed of
> Ball reaches 1.999999 m /.s
>
> But never the Ball will attacin 2 m / s Why?
>
> Because 2 m/ s is the speed of water and due to viscosity and other
> factors Ball can never travel faster than 2 m / s.
>
> So you now understand why Partical Accelerators which uses electro
> magnetic waves can never have a partical travel at speed c.
>
> Bye
> Sanny
>
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I think you might be hinting at the Lorenttz transformation for
velocity which is

v_x' = \frac{v_x - u}{1 - \frac{uv_x}{c^2}}

u is the speed of light = c,

which resolves as

v_x' = \frac{-c - c}{1 - \frac{c^2}{c^2}}

v_x' = \frac{-2c}{1 - 1}

v_x' = \frac{-2c}{0} which is mathematiclly invalid
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