Given that the formula for spectral distribution of synchrotron radiation can be expressed in terms of a rapidly converging integral and graphed as a curved relationship between power radiated and the photon energy, is this curve considered a linear curve or a bell type curve or sinusoidal...
Do experiments like 1971's Hafele & Keating show that SR relativistic effects of time dilation are not mere products of measuring symmetry? Does such an experiment show that for the jets it is their clock that has kinematic time dilation in relation to the other clock that 'remains'...
Thanx Dalespam, that's a very clear way of understanding it. Thanx PeterDonis, sorry for the lack of paragraphs. Thanx Nugatory. I may have succeeded in asking one of the lamest questions (repeatedly) on this forum. Glad to see that it was a nonsensical question by the definition of relative...
Yeah so speed is relative such that tick rate can be fractional but how can we say that relative velocity is so fractional and not one to negative one type relation sort of speak. I am not trying to solve a problem in a textbook I am asking a more philosophical question about how we understand...
the word analogy comes from the greek meaning proportion. the logically strongest sense of analogy is, what's been known since the ancient Greeks, called an "identity of relations"--this is the form of analogy that shows up on your SAT and IQ test: A is to B and C is to D. Per my analogy, In qm...
yeah its like we are talking past one another. let me rephrase. you cite the Doppler effect to hold potentially between any two objects such that for example there could be a 1 to 3 relation in speed, I am asking can their be a 1 to 3 relation with relative velocity between two objects--or how...
Its like in quantum mechanics where you cannot define speed and position simultaneously?? My point is that when I asked this question on these forum in this thread: "basically what I am wondering is can two velocities relative to each other have different velocities under SR and relative to...
I'm not 'trying' to learn anything new in the 'scientific' sense I am trying to understand something 'theoretically' or philosophically. frankly despite my appreciation of how generous folks on physicsforums are, this consistent retort always annoys me and makes me want to actually study physics...
thanx a lot Gh, this was very helpful. I am asking a very simple question and this actually was very helpful in my understanding actually incredibly so about factors which relate time dilation in relative sense. However my question is a bit more direct and simple. Can an Inertial Reference Frame...
one more quick question though, is the relativity of velocity (that we cannot compare two different velocities in one rest frame) true in Newtonian--Galilean relativity or is it only in SR that we accepted that velocity was relative in this way?
thank you this has been very helpful and I appreciate you taking the time to help a novice on these matters. I intend to commit some time to study physics and I won't be continually asking questions like I have here. its only fair that I put in some work myself and not just rely on the...
"when I say "the relative velocity shared between the westward plane and the clock on the ground" I mean the "velocity of the westward bound plane and the ground clock"".--objecta99
"This doesn't make things any clearer. Is there some reason you can't just use the same form of words I used...
yeah I guess I just need to probably drop the issue since I am just not making much sense apparently and now I seem to be spinning in circles. from my understanding the only way to determine velocity is dependent on at least two objects. when I say "the relative velocity shared between the...
Thanx PeterDonis I appreciate that. I actually feel like I understand this though in a much more vague and arcane manner. Its a bad set up chain of reasoning for the reasons you point out but I am trying to make sure I know exactly why.
My question is this though, it seems ultimately. How do we...
I am asking this bc I am having a war in my head with how to understand what relative velocity means based on the following line of reasoning. Consider the following hypothetical:"a clock aboard the plane moving eastward, in the direction of the Earth's rotation, had a greater velocity...