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As others have pointed out, it's a bit more complicated than that. I'm guessing that you are assuming there is some state of "absolute...
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It cannot, because time dilation is independent of the energies and momenta involved. This is to be expected because time dilation is...
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Quantum behaviour of an electron around a positively charged sphere
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That's not a "serious" error, a serious error is something like flying a perfectly good airplane into a mountain because you thought...
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That is not what time dilation means. Consider that right now you are moving at that speed relative to a cosmic ray particle wandering...
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I think @Nugatory's post actually highlights the contradiction in the OP's thinking quite nicely. We start with a black hole of mass...
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How can a black hole absorb matter?
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There is, and the “similar threads” section below will take you to some of the older threads about this. An excerpt from one of them...
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##Y^m_l## is a function of two variables that has complex values on a sphere. Following @WernerQH in post #6, ##p_z## is described by...
Aug 31, 2025
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Please explain how length contraction and time dilation result in a constant c
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As a general point, when starting out with relativity I'd advise you to forget about length contraction and time dilation. They are...
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Please explain how length contraction and time dilation result in a constant c
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You might want to look at the relativistic velocity addition formula, which combines the effects of relativity of simultaneity, length...
Aug 30, 2025
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Can this experiment break Lorentz symmetry?
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But you are still using Newtonian formulae, which means you accept the principle of relativity. So you are not testing the principle of...
Aug 30, 2025
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Can this experiment break Lorentz symmetry?
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@Asaad-Hamad We can answer questions, but we can’t make you like the answer. The questions in the original post and repeated in #11...
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Can this experiment break Lorentz symmetry?
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Suppose we just focus on your three questions: 1: Yes, it is possible to design equipment with the required sensitivity. 2: Everyone...
Aug 29, 2025
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If you want the opinion of someone who’s also self-taught in physics, though maybe not to the same level as you are, it’s the same as...
Aug 29, 2025
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Can this experiment break Lorentz symmetry?
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That’s the principle of relativity and it’s not Einstein, it’s Galileo from centuries earlier - Google for “Galilean transformations”...
Aug 29, 2025
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However he also had been through the most rigorous physics program available at the the time, had completed his PhD, was a regular...
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