PD wrote: "SR works at high velocities and low velocities. Classical mechanics also works at low velocities, but *only* at low velocities. If you'd *rather* use classical mechanics (and concepts) at low velocities, by all means do so. But if you want to ask which is *more correct*, then you have to go with the one that works at all velocities, and that would be SR. " No, SR obviously doesn't work at "slow" velocities. For instance, if a car could move at 8 km/s, it would not stay on Earth! Otoh, the path of particles moving at high velocities must be controlled by magnetic and/or electric fields, which are not taken into consideration in the derivation of SR. Claiming, like Randy Poe, that "lots of things predicted by SR are verified on accelerators", is indulging in wishful thinking. Those things, which are not "a lot", don't need SR to be explained (ask for instance Ilja Schmelzer). Marcel Luttgens |
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