I have been thinking about the relationship between mass and velocity
.
I think Special Relativity suggests that as a particle approaches C its mass increases
so I wonder along the following lines.
As the velocity of the accelerated particles in the CERN accelerator increases it would seem that their mass increases also.
IF I am correct so far I ask
...given that the HB gives mass can we conclude that as the particles accelerate to higher velocities they "pick up" more HB,s so as to give more mass..if HBs give mass and the mass increases with velocity it seems there may be a relationship between velo0city and either the number of HBs or at least a change in the relationship.. I am sorry that I cant speak math and I hope someone can understand what it is I am trying to ask.
Also thinking about a possible military application I wonder what damage would the accelerated particles do if they could be redirected and smashed into a gum tree or a car or anything really (I know they have particles going in both directions but if we took only one set for blasting a gum tree etc)...the reason why I wonder is although CERN could be a large canon it would be difficult to use given is is underground and huge etc..mobilitry would seem to render it useless as a weapon.. but what if we had an accelerator orbiting in space able to direct the accelerated particles to targets on Earth... would the accelerated particles be like a huge (er maybe small
) shotgun blast or would they be too small etc to have any effect? Could we use such a canon to take out enemy space stations (for example)...forget the power etc could it do the job I speculate upon?
Curious thoughts I know but I have been in the bush alone, (no TV or radio even reading material) since my last posts and had too much time to think I guess.
alex
