At 12:59 am 28-10-04 +0200, you wrote:
>Adam,
>
>Before Einstein Newton ruled and acceleration used to be equal to F/m
>Then it was noticed that acceleration of massive particles in cyclotrons decreased as
>their velocity increased.
>
>There were three logical interpretations of this experimental evidence:
>1) Force decreases as velocity increases
>2) Mass increases as velocity increases
>3) Both of the above
>
>Einstein arbitrarily chose interpretation #2, although there was no direct evidence
>of mass increase.
>
>Additionally all the experiments accelerating massive particles to high velocities
>used the electric or magnetic forces to accomplish this feat.
>
>It is conceivable that the interpretation #1 or #3 is correct too, and the effect of
>decreasing force with increasing velocity is only the property of EM interactions,
>which vanish at the speed of light.
>
>There is no experimental evidence that shows decreasing acceleration of mass with
>increasing velocity for non-EM type of forces. (e.g. caused by chemical explosions
>in a rocket)
>
>This is why I have a problem with the Special Theory of relativity, too.
>
>
>Regards,
>Horace Smith
That's a very clear cut statement of the situation Horace.
Even I understood it, so it must have been. 8-).
I had vaguely appreciated that,
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"all the experiments accelerating massive particles
to high velocities used the electric or magnetic
forces to accomplish this feat."
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But I certainly didn't know that,
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"There is no experimental evidence that shows decreasing
acceleration of mass with increasing velocity for non-EM
type of forces. (e.g. caused by chemical explosions in
a rocket)"
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Thanks for that.
Cheers
Grimer
