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No, it does not. Nothing could be accelerated past the speed of light. As it approached the speed of light its mass would become infinite thereby requiring infinite energy. There were some results with neutrinos suggesting travel at faster than light speed, but it turned out to be due to experimental error.
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How fast do particles move in a particle accelerator?
The most advanced ones accelerate particles 99.9999% the speed of light. Although some people have claimed that they create black holes, they most certainly do not- this would require ten trillion times the energy available.
Are quarks traveling at the speed of light?
Quarks have not been observed to exist separately - they are "confined" within larger particles such as protons and neutrons, that are made up of several quarks (3 each, in the case of protons and neutrons).
Can traveling at the speed of light melt iron?
It isn't clear at all what you mean. In any case, it isn't possible to travel at the speed of light - except for specific particles, such as photons (pieces of light), which can ONLY travel at the speed of light.
Does a particle need to have an electrical charge to be used in a particle accelerator?
Yes, a particle used in a particle accelerator must have a charge to be useful in the device. Particle accelerators we use in high energy physics to investigate things all work by applying a moving or shifting magnetic field to accelerate charged particles. We speed these particles up by repeatedly "hitting" them with a magnetic field. Uncharged particles will not respond to this, and canot be used in the devices.
Is there any known thing that accelerates faster than light?
Yes, indeed there is. When I get up off the sofa and walk into the kitchen for a glass of milk, I have accelerated at a higher rate than the acceleration of light, since the speed of light is constant and it doesn't accelerate. ***** If, on the other hand, you're asking if any object has a speed higher than the speed of light, then the answer is a little more subtle. Relativity makes it clear that no object carrying information can travel faster than the speed of light. Until a few months ago, this "speed limit" seemed pretty safe. Recent experiments at CERN suggest neutrinos going to Italy at a rate faster than the speed of light, but even the CERN experimenters admit they have probably made an error. It's just that nobody's been able to find the error yet.
What are three things that a magnetic field may do to moving charged particles?
Accelerate the particle but not beyond C, the speed of light Decelerate the particle Divert the particle's path.
Does light create its own mass?
Light does not have mass. Remember, as an object's speed approaches the speed of light, its mass approaches infinity, therefore it will require infinite energy to accelerate something to the speed of light, therefore only massless particles can travel at light speed.
Why is the speed of light is faster than the speed of sound?
One reason may be that light doesn't involve actual movement of particles (atoms or molecules in this case). It takes some time to accelerate a particle.One reason may be that light doesn't involve actual movement of particles (atoms or molecules in this case). It takes some time to accelerate a particle.One reason may be that light doesn't involve actual movement of particles (atoms or molecules in this case). It takes some time to accelerate a particle.One reason may be that light doesn't involve actual movement of particles (atoms or molecules in this case). It takes some time to accelerate a particle.
What are some basic principles of light?
Regardless of the inertial reference frame of the observer, the speed of light will always be measured as 'c', the speed of light. There is no adding or subtracting of speeds as there might by in Newtonian mechanics. Photons are massless particles. Light shows characteristics of particles, and it also shows characteristics of waves, depending on the methods of observation. This is in keeping with the quantum nature of light. As far as we currently know, and according to Relativity, no object in an inertial frame can accelerate to or beyond the speed of light as observed from the object's starting inertial frame. Light is the visible part of the very broad spectrum of electromagnetic radiation.
What are basic principle of light?
Regardless of the inertial reference frame of the observer, the speed of light will always be measured as 'c', the speed of light. There is no adding or subtracting of speeds as there might by in Newtonian mechanics. Photons are massless particles. Light shows characteristics of particles, and it also shows characteristics of waves, depending on the methods of observation. This is in keeping with the quantum nature of light. As far as we currently know, and according to Relativity, no object in an inertial frame can accelerate to or beyond the speed of light as observed from the object's starting inertial frame. Light is the visible part of the very broad spectrum of electromagnetic radiation.
Does light speed accelerate or is it instantaneous velocity?
Instantaneous.
Does light accelerate?
No. As long as it stays in the same material, its speed is constant.
Why can nothing be closer than light to the relativity barrier?
Actually there are things that travel at the speed of light other than light itself. According to special relativity all massless particles must travel at the speed of light, so this includes for example gluons, or the particles that supposedly mediate gravity, the gravitons (the 'speed of gravity' is equal to the speed of light). The prime reason why this must be so is that the speed of light must be the same for all inertial observers according to special relativity and if massless particles could travel at slower speeds than you can have an observer for which such a massless particle would not be moving, but because it has no mass it would have no energy at all; it would not exist! Massive particles must always travel slower than the speed of light because the energy required to accelerate any particle with mass to the speed of light is infinite. A more technical answer is that all particles must be in a representation of the Lorentz group and a massless representation only exists if the speed is that of light all the time. Likewise massive representations cannot exist at the speed of light.
How do particle accelerators work?
They accelerate particles using magnets. Once going at speed close to the speed of light, particles smash into each other. Accelerators are used to examine the properties of subatomic particles. There is an accelerator in Chicago called Fermilab, and another, larger on in Europe. See the large hadron collider for more info on current accelerators.
Was there ever any speed close to the speed of light?
Are you asking "Did any object ever move at nearly the speed of light ?" ? Electric current moving through wires, radio signals moving through cables or waveguides, and light-wave signals moving through optical fibers, travel at 0.6 to 0.95 the speed of light. Particle accelerators in Physics research accelerate subatomic particles inside gigantic magnetic rings to 0.99999 the speed of light.
How do particle accelerators help in performing artificial transmutations?
Sometimes artificial transmutations will not occur unless bombarding particles are moving at extremely high speeds, and since a particle accelerator can accelerate a particles speed very close to the speed of light, then you would have to use a particle accelerator to make the transmutation happen.
Alpha particles ejected from the nucleus travel at the speed of light?
No. Alpha particles are helium nuclei; such nuclei have a mass, and can therefore NOT travel at the speed of light.
