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Is relativistic effect of length contraction physically "unreal"?
One guru indicate that Length contraction has nothing to do with compression.
It is more correct to view length contraction as a rotation in space time.
If we rotate a box filled with gas or perfect fluid, clearly its density does not change.
Suppose the box is accelerated to speed close to the speed of light. Its length will be shorten due to Lorentz contraction. My question is this: Will the density of the box increase with its speed?
One guru indicate that Length contraction has nothing to do with compression.
It is more correct to view length contraction as a rotation in space time.
If we rotate a box filled with gas or perfect fluid, clearly its density does not change.
Suppose the box is accelerated to speed close to the speed of light. Its length will be shorten due to Lorentz contraction. My question is this: Will the density of the box increase with its speed?
Length contraction has nothing to do with compression. Remember that the observer moving with the rod measures the same length at all times so nothing is being compressed.
It is more correct to view length contraction as a rotation in space time. Have a friend hold a meter stick some distance way from you perpendicular to the line between the 2 of you. From a distance do a measurement. Now have your friend rotate the meter stick 45deg, measure it again. Now from your view point it is shorter then it was before. :