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Re: Experimental verification of the relativity theory



Yes my quick calc. result expects an ~ 5% increase in the mass. Intuitively,
I suspect this just means the required deflection current is 5% greater than
calculated w/o SR. This is within the range for the vert. and horiz.
adjustments.

Eisberg claims (Fundamentals of Modern Physics ('61) p. 37) Bucherer was the
first. [He used Beta rays, a velocity selector (crossed fields), and then
used J.J. Thomson's method to determine e/m.]

Bell's site disputes this.


<http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/experiments.html>

bc


Hugh Haskell wrote:

At 10:32 -0500 5/5/03, Jack Uretsky wrote:

As a practical matter it is not possible to create, or analyze, a
high-energy physics experiment without taking relativistic effects into
account. This is not just a "scientific curiosity", it is an engineering
reality.

Since a 25 keV electron is traveling at about 30% of the speed of
light, I would also imagine that the proper design of a
high-definition color CRT would have to take into account the effects
of SR as well. It would appear that we all have to live with the
reality of SR. And of course the GPSS would not even be possible if
the satellite clocks weren't corrected for the effects of GR.

Hugh
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