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Sorry Kev, i neglected to bold my own conclusion at the end of your quote. i.e. i said: i.e. the number of molecules remains invariant in any FoR but time dilation effects changes to observations of energy and distance for an observer in an inertial FoR?

Thank you for this. It is very clear. You have a real gift for teaching. I hope you are using it. See other points below:

Thank you for your help on this. However, i thought the point of SR was that the observer from the S' frame of reference would observe a greater rest mass in the parent particle compared to the observer from the FoR. i.e. shouldn't m_0 for the S' observer be greater than 1000 MeV/c^2 as...

Thanks again. I admit I'm not being clear. HOw's this: At T1, 3 identical observers are at rest relative to each other. All observers are made of fissile U235 but each also has a robust instrument that can survive the nuclear blast. At T2, Observer C detonates himself and...

I'm sure it's well studied- i just haven't seen an explanation on the molecular/atomic level. Thanks for the paper. So an electron in an accelerator presumably "sees" my electrons as similarly increased in mass? If so, assuming i was made of U235 would there be an increase in the fissile...

Thanks. But if i had a powerful enough instrument and watched the molecular structure of the high V spacecraft as it flew past, how would i account for the increased mass? Would I see more molecules? If i have a mole of carbon atoms before acceleration i must have a mole at the end of that...

I have always been confused by SR and GR in terms of what each observer observes of their own frame of reference. e.g. Does an observer moving at a high v/c measure length contraction in their onw F of R? I assume not since all apparatus would be similarly contracted. Nor do they measure...