Bartolovic Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) Curious, If a series of atom are formed radially in a fan like progression keeping a rigid non-moveable form 0=Atom x=Dead space xxx0xxx xxx0xxx 0x0x0x0 xxx0xxx xxx0xxx and a the mass of the particle was tiny ( lets say 1x10^-32kg far arguements sake ) and a force was applied to a point in the inner circle that would accelerate the inner atom to .5c what would the speed be of the particles in the outer circle? And finally assuming that a force was applied accelerating the inner atoms to a speed of c [ assuming that the weight of the atom is almost zero ( or the weight of a nutrino ) ] would the outer atoms travel at a speed greater than the speed of light? And would their be a change in answer if their were more atoms to form longer chains? I understand the basics of the special theory of relativity but I am not sure how it all links :/ Edited October 21, 2012 by Bartolovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 You could not maintain the rigid structure in that scenario. None of the particles can exceed c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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