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How can electrons of a circuit accelerate the LHC protons to the velocity of .99c when the max velocity of an electron is 10^6 m/s.

11 hours ago, lightforyoou said:

How can electrons of a circuit accelerate the LHC protons to the velocity of .99c when the max velocity of an electron is 10^6 m/s.

Here is some evidence of electrons exceeding 2 x 10^8 m/s.

Cherenkov radiation:

Cerenkov-radiation-reedZ.jpg 

18 hours ago, lightforyoou said:

How can electrons of a circuit accelerate the LHC protons to the velocity of .99c when the max velocity of an electron is 10^6 m/s.

Because it is an electric field that does the accelerating.

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