help me explain this please?

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help me explain this please?

a question from mt hw:

"the two-mile long linear accelerator at Stanford U in CA "appears" to be less than a meter long to the electrons that travel it. Explain."

could someone help me please?
thank u!

2007-01-21 13:02:12 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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The electron is traveling so fast that the Lorentz contraction =sqrt(1-v^2/c^2) causes the electron to "see" a much shorter distance.

2007-01-21 14:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by meg 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Electricity volts run that fast, and it can also be water pipelines that seem to be short, because of short, strong bursts of energy that are in a constant flow.

2007-01-21 13:10:32 · answer #2 · answered by EC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋