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(like the wavefront that is photographed when it travels through air)
Can a bullet generate a wavefront in vacuum?
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Nothing, I am asking for proofs with photographs, I am not supporting a theory that it is there or it is not there. Also, if nothing is seen at a photograph then I do not support the theory that it is there nor the theory that it is not there, I just want to find out.
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The wavefront is made of AIR. If there is no air there will be no wavefront. DrClaude's question was rhetorical.
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Here's a bullet with a plasma wave, but clearly it emphasizes bullet wobble if that's what you meant...
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On this forum, we require our members to put thought into their own questions. It helps them learn. That's why those questions were asked of you.luckis11 said:
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Physics_UG said:
The proof is some photographs you've seen? Where are they.
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Photographs that show the wavefront exists, and is made out of air pressure differences (or plasma, if the bullet is fast enough).
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You can even say it has a velocity of 299,000 km/s - in a frame moving with roughly 299,000 km/s relative to us.Borg said:
No air, not even a meaningful single velocity value.
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luckis11 said:
Your follow up to your OP is not logical. If you accept that there is no air / atmosphere then how can there be a matter wave involved? What "proof" would you need that something you don't expect in a non-existent medium is not there? In any case, what sort of photograph would you expect to show it?
You could ask about an EM wave, perhaps and you would find one if your projectile is accelerating and if it is charged but not if its velocity is constant.
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"The wavefront the bullet has at its nose, is sound that cannot travel faster than the bullet, that΄s why it's stuck there, therefore I should not expect an electromagnetic wavefront stuck at the nose of the bullet unless its speed is at least the speed of light". I should not expect it to be photographed, or to exist? When a ball moves with e.g. 1metre/sec, it leaves a void behind it that air comes and fills it, therefore I expect a high density layer of air in front of the ball that is always stuck in the front of the ball, except the sound wavefront. So, instead of assuming I am all-knowing like God and know what΄s going on, I asked you of photographs of bullets in air void. Of any faster objects (not sub-atomic particles etc), also welcome.
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The line of questioning/reasoning still makes little sense, but Borg posted a photo of a comet -- Did you see it? Does it meet your needs?
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The title of this thread says "vacuum". Now you want shock waves in air. I googled "shock wave images' (a reasonable enough phrase) and was flooded with pictures of objects moving high speed through air. Have you tried anything similar?luckis11 said:
I can sympathise with your desire to see visual images of a physical phenomenon but examples of phenomena that can be actually photographed are very limited. Science can't only advance on the principle that 'seeing believing'; we mostly have to rely on much more subtle evidence than photographs.
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Yes, I definitely think it does. If this bullet is traveling on Earth its wavefront would be consisting of air molecules and possibly other molecules in the air, but if it is traveling through a vacuum, it is completely different. It may not have a wave front, unless under specific conditions, of which it could then possibly have an extremely miniscule wavefront of space-time itself. Although, this would be a space-time warp, which we do not know to be possible yet.
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The air wave photographed is this one, which is formed because the speed of the bullet is greater than the speed of sound:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_wave
And I guess the corresponding eather wave is this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
Therefore if I expect an aether wave at the bullet΄s nose before the bullet speed is greater or close to c, means that I expect an air wave at its nose even when it΄s speed is only 1metre/sec. I do expect a thicker layer of air in front of the tennis ball because air fills the void that it leaves behind it at any speed, but I am not sure it is there. So, I should not expect these air or aether thicker layers to be photographed, correct? If you have any powerful arguments that it is there or not, are welcome. Not of course aether doesn΄t exist because relativity or Heisenberg says so, it's better to comment on the air layer alone if you have such ideas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_wave
And I guess the corresponding eather wave is this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation
Therefore if I expect an aether wave at the bullet΄s nose before the bullet speed is greater or close to c, means that I expect an air wave at its nose even when it΄s speed is only 1metre/sec. I do expect a thicker layer of air in front of the tennis ball because air fills the void that it leaves behind it at any speed, but I am not sure it is there. So, I should not expect these air or aether thicker layers to be photographed, correct? If you have any powerful arguments that it is there or not, are welcome. Not of course aether doesn΄t exist because relativity or Heisenberg says so, it's better to comment on the air layer alone if you have such ideas.
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Aether? No, we don't do that here. Thread locked.