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|    Herbert Glazier to PengKuan Em    |
|    Re: How to test length contraction by ex    |
|    22 Aug 19 07:26:10    |
      From: herbertglazier0@gmail.com              On Monday, June 17, 2019 at 12:31:44 PM UTC-7, PengKuan Em wrote:       > Relativistic length contraction is theoretically predicted but not directly       > tested, which lead to incorrect interpretation of the theory illustrated by       > Bell's spaceship paradox and Ehrenfest paradox. But these paradoxes can help       > us designing experiments to test length contraction.       >       > Ideal direct experimental proof should contain the following steps:       > 1. Measure the tested object's length at rest, the value l0.       > 2. Put this object in motion.       > 3. Measure the object's speed, the value v.       > 4. Measure the object's length in motion, the value l.       > 5. Check if these 3 values verify length contraction law.       >       > For doing this experiment, the difference of length l0 ï=80- l should be       > in measurable range. If the object is a chunk of matter, l0 ï=80- l is       > not measurable. For example, matter objects with the highest speed we       > can make are satellites, whose speed is generally 7.8 km/s. If a       > satellite is made of a string of 100 km long, the value of l0 ï=80- l       > would be 0.03 mm, which is absolutely not measurable from the ground.       > This is why contraction of length has never been measured.       >       > Below I propose two experiments inspired from Bell's spaceship paradox       > and Ehrenfest paradox.       >       > Please read the article at       > PDF: How to test length contraction by experiment? https://pen       kuanonphysics.blogspot.com/2019/06/how-to-test-length-contraction-by.html       > or       > Word: https://www.academia.edu/39584663/How_to_test_length_con       raction_by_experiment              When an electron is accelerated to 99.99999999 of c and weighs 37,000       times its rest mass how much has it length made shorter?Does this effect       its spin? Its field? Its flow? bert              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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