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Ok I was doing a question about electrons and this question arose.
Imagine we have a tremendous, constant mechanical force used to "push"(accelerate) an electron. At the moment the force is applied, the acceleration is easily greater than c in terms of magnitude. So what happens? Is the acceleration greater than c? But what happens after 1s? do we explain the electron's behaviour and velocity using relativity?
What I am thinking is that it IS possible to accelerate an electron, but as its velocity goes up, so does its mass. So eventually the electron would be accelerated slower and slower and thus its velocity would never reach c. Am I right here? Have I missed anything? Cheers
Imagine we have a tremendous, constant mechanical force used to "push"(accelerate) an electron. At the moment the force is applied, the acceleration is easily greater than c in terms of magnitude. So what happens? Is the acceleration greater than c? But what happens after 1s? do we explain the electron's behaviour and velocity using relativity?
What I am thinking is that it IS possible to accelerate an electron, but as its velocity goes up, so does its mass. So eventually the electron would be accelerated slower and slower and thus its velocity would never reach c. Am I right here? Have I missed anything? Cheers