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Originally Posted by sjastro
Mark,
My first thought on Alex's comment was that if a proton's inertial mass increased with velocity, a LHC or any circular particle accelerator couldn't function as the trajectory of the particle would change in the applied magnetic field.
In other words you couldn't hit the side of a barn let alone an opposing beam of protons. 
I hope this is intuitive enough for you. 
Steven |
Clear as mud Steven. Greatly appreciate the course corrections - thank you!
