Recent content by Chemong

Peter, I have a degree in physics, I know what it says. I am speculating, is that not allowed on this website. I am speculating that maybe we interpret the meaning of the equations wrongly. As for the electron I don't think we understand what charge is. I'm trying to look beneath the equations.

Thanks Peter. I do know this. I just wonder if we've gotten it wrong in saying that it's because the mass of the particle becomes infinite. I don't believe it really becomes infinite but rather that it's apparent mass becomes infinite. There is a difference between the these two interpretations.

Thanks Dale. I never finished my Dr degree in physics 50 years ago. I know QED makes wonderful predictions but my gut feeling is we still don't understand what the electron is while we do understand how it behaves. I guess my real gripe is the speed of light being the speed limit. That's why I...

We have wonderful equations. But they are I think approximations. I remember einstein even said we don't truly understand the electron. I'm curious of the reality behind the equations.

Dale, thanks, I do understand what you said. But I still wonder if speed has any effect because I wonder if particles and fields interact instantaneously. Is it possible the because of the speed the interaction of the particle and field becomes less effective. As I understand it we really don't...

In an accelerator when you're pushing/pulling a charged particle with a field that travels at the speed of light why should we expect to the particle to exceed the speed of light.