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How would you measure a particle moving faster than the speed of light?
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∙ 12y ago
-- Detect the particle as it passes a mark on the floor of the laboratory.
-- Detect the particle as it passes a second mark on the floor of the laboratory.
-- Measure the time between the two events.
-- Measure the distance between the two marks on the floor.
-- Divide the distance by the time.
-- The quotient is the speed of the particle between the two marks.
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What is fastest moving object?
Photonneutrinoelectrona theortical particle called a tachyon, moves faster than light.
What is meant by tachyons?
A tachyon is a hypothetical subatomic particle that moves faster than light and is incapable of moving slower than the speed of light.
What can scientist measure when light rays are emmitted by a moving source?
Scientist measure when light rays are emitted by a moving source the speed of light. Depending on the moving force they can also measure bending light.
Why you cannot travel faster than light?
Because when moving at the speed of light, time stops for you and you can no longer measure speed (distance covered in a certain time).
Is anything travels faster than light?
no, no material particle can approach the speed of light.
Who created tachyon?
Tachyon, meaning swift particle, was the name given by Dr. Feinberg at M.I.T. to a theoretical particle which travels faster than the speed of light. According to modern physics, no particle can go faster than the speed of light. To entertain the notion of a faster-than-light particle, one must step into a theoretical world where time travels backward and objects have negative mass.
What is mass of a particle when it moves with velocity of light?
Fasten your seat belt . . .-- If the particle has any mass when it's not moving, then that mass becomes greaterthe faster the particle moves.-- If the particle could be pushed to the speed of light, its mass would be infinite at that speed.-- But in order to make the particle move faster, you have to add energy to it. The more mass it has,the more energy you have to give it in order to make it move faster.-- Since its mass grows as it moves faster, the amount of energy it takes to make itgo faster also grows.-- If its mass is growing toward infinity, then the amount of energy you need to make itgo faster is also growing toward infinity.-- Since the mass would be infinite at the speed of light, you would need an infinite amountof energy to boost it to that speed.-- You don't have enough energy available to do the job, and you can''t get it.
If you go faster than the speed of light does everything turn dark?
First of all, the conditions you suppose in the question aren't possible. You do not go faster than the speed of light. But to answer the question, I would remind you that one of the most impoortant foundations of the Theory of Relativity is that no matter how an observer is moving, and no matter where the light is coming from, every observer measure the same speed of light. So no matter how you were moving, light from the usual sources would pass by you at the speed of light. (That's the speed you would measure as the light sailed past you.)
What is faster than light it was something with a t?
The hypothetical TACHYON particle. Hope this helps.
Is there a tiny particle that can faster than the speed of light and sound?
no, not that i know of though but im sure nothing is faster than the speed of light and the speed of sound is slower than the light
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.
What happens to the mass of a particle as the particle approacches the speed of light?
When any object with mass moves, no matter at what speed, its mass increases. The faster it moves, the faster its mass increases. And the closer to the speed of light it moves, the closer to infinity its mass grows.
