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garyfang
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Is oscillation of mass really an effect of conservation of angular momentum when an elementary particle is moving near the speed of light and is spinning along an axis that is perfectly perpendicular to the direction of moving? Unfortunately, I am not a physicist and I lack the ability to work out these complex equations.
Assume an elementary particle is a round puffy ball that always have some spins along an axis of rotation. Assume the particle is moving at velocity V in the direction of the x-axis. If the particle is not moving only on x-axis, reassign the coordinates so that it does. Also assume the axis of rotation is perfectly perpendicular to the x-axis.
In this case, if the speed of the particle is c, the particle would no mass, spinning is not happening, the particle is wave-like and is waving with a compressing and expanding kind of pattern as opposed to sinusoidal waves.
If the speed of the particle is not c, but near c, then the particle would have mass, and since it is spinning, part of the particle is moving toward the direction of x and part of it is moving away from the direction of x. However, since the particle's speed is already near the speed of light, the part the spins toward x, does not get all the speed boost and instead part of that becomes mass. For the other part of the particle that is moving in -x direction, it should have been observed as slowing down the particle but that would have violated the conservation of linear momentum on x. Thus when this is observed the particle has less mass. Further, the particle cannot split apart because it is fundamental.
Consequently, the observation could have multiple readings of the mass of the particle depending on the particular observation. The particle is definitely moving near the speed of light, it has some mass, and its mass oscillates.
Assume an elementary particle is a round puffy ball that always have some spins along an axis of rotation. Assume the particle is moving at velocity V in the direction of the x-axis. If the particle is not moving only on x-axis, reassign the coordinates so that it does. Also assume the axis of rotation is perfectly perpendicular to the x-axis.
In this case, if the speed of the particle is c, the particle would no mass, spinning is not happening, the particle is wave-like and is waving with a compressing and expanding kind of pattern as opposed to sinusoidal waves.
If the speed of the particle is not c, but near c, then the particle would have mass, and since it is spinning, part of the particle is moving toward the direction of x and part of it is moving away from the direction of x. However, since the particle's speed is already near the speed of light, the part the spins toward x, does not get all the speed boost and instead part of that becomes mass. For the other part of the particle that is moving in -x direction, it should have been observed as slowing down the particle but that would have violated the conservation of linear momentum on x. Thus when this is observed the particle has less mass. Further, the particle cannot split apart because it is fundamental.
Consequently, the observation could have multiple readings of the mass of the particle depending on the particular observation. The particle is definitely moving near the speed of light, it has some mass, and its mass oscillates.