Is relativistic mass real?

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  • Опубликовано: 4 сен 2017
  • One of the oddest features of special relativity is the inability to go faster than the speed of light and this is absolutely true. The most common explanation is that the mass of an object increases with speed, but this particular explanation simply isn’t true. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains the truth behind this. (And, no, don’t send him emails about how this proves relativity is wrong. He is a strong believer in properly-understood relativity.)
    Dig in deeper here: arxiv.org/pdf/hep-ph/0602037.pdf
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  • @sangvinhun
    @sangvinhun 4 года назад +178

    layman: so, how do we go from newtonian mechanics to relativistic?
    physicist: just put in the lorentz gamma factor into every equation bro

    • @llhique6409
      @llhique6409 3 года назад +6

      No u have to put a gamma raise to power 3 in force equation I.e. Newton's second law 🤓🤓

    • @s_patzz8212
      @s_patzz8212 3 года назад +1

      I like this. It's FUNNY... and it's TRUE!

    • @arthurd8340
      @arthurd8340 2 года назад +2

      rapper: ain' no god bro
      physicist: let there be Light fool

    • @kashyapnadig
      @kashyapnadig 5 месяцев назад

      In the numerator or the denominator?

  • @Dimblenick
    @Dimblenick 7 лет назад +842

    In fact, i want more equations

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 7 лет назад +19

      Seconded

    • @blurryvision4815
      @blurryvision4815 7 лет назад +9

      Omar Adel thirded?

    • @twistedsim
      @twistedsim 7 лет назад +6

      tripled

    • @bautibunge737
      @bautibunge737 7 лет назад +6

      Foured

    • @JoshSideris
      @JoshSideris 7 лет назад +3

      Not before understanding something intuitively! Just learning the equations alone is why you get some people thinking that **F=G(m_relativistic*m_2)/r^2** works.

  • @stevee8884
    @stevee8884 5 лет назад +176

    His T-shirt says: "It's all fun and games until someone divides by zero"

    • @peterbourke
      @peterbourke 5 лет назад +6

      is that a negative zero?

    • @LegendThriller74
      @LegendThriller74 4 года назад +10

      @@peterbourke I can infinitely say it isn't negative zero🤣

    • @andrewcaldwell0311
      @andrewcaldwell0311 3 года назад +3

      Danny Byrge I’m infinitely confused lol

    • @infarredpyro
      @infarredpyro 3 года назад +1

      If you make it magnatic fild of wold attack by electromagnatic superhigh
      Around time of your unless ability gravity and spacetime of the wold
      The energy source releases the particles. pressure Atom and matter
      Keep away
      The time gap creates a black hole and is the fourth dimension. 4D
      That energy must be enough to conquer the world mass.

    • @infarredpyro
      @infarredpyro 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @davidwright8432
    @davidwright8432 5 лет назад +91

    Equations are fine! they're just more precise (and so more useful) than saying exactly the same thing, in any spoken language. Please use them often! With, of course your usual clarity of explanation. Thanks!

  • @kripashankarshukla4073
    @kripashankarshukla4073 6 лет назад +153

    Earlier, I found relativistic mass concept very difficult but after watching this video, I finally understood the whole concept. You are just awesome.

  • @dlam2864
    @dlam2864 4 года назад +118

    1:43 i think all your viewers are "physics minded"

    • @P-G-77
      @P-G-77 4 года назад +8

      or simply very curious ... like me ... I'm not a physicist or a mathematician but certain subjects interest me so much that I took the trouble to learn certain notions. In fact, I would like some videos to be even more present on youtube.

    • @hxhdfjifzirstc894
      @hxhdfjifzirstc894 4 года назад +2

      I'm just here for the jokes.

  • @ZachDxn
    @ZachDxn 5 лет назад +13

    Fantastic video! I love that you give the equations but still make the theory easily understood for people who aren't interested in them. More formulas would be great as long as you can continue to explain the concepts without needing them.

  • @matthiasburger2315
    @matthiasburger2315 4 года назад +9

    Thank you for this video! I remember my prof at university explaning this (in 1995) and adding: "Imagine a Lorentz-Transformation of an object with mass m. Time and velocity changes under this transformation - what would identify this object as itself, when its mass would change, too? Mass needs to be invariant under Lorentz-Transformation."

  • @PenaUrkuri
    @PenaUrkuri 7 лет назад +161

    Too technical? not at all! you explained the equations used in really simple terms. Bring more equations in! they don't take away they ad to it. I am a teacher my self from Finland, history thou not physics, and primary sources are always welcome. Like a historian might bring up radiocarbon dating method physics need to show what tools it uses. Not everyone might understand the whole thing, but in general scientific understanding videos, like all fermilab videos, aim is to show and tell how we do these things and how science works. Keep up the good work!

    • @timwcronin
      @timwcronin 7 лет назад +2

      Pena Urkuri I would've actually preferred to see the equation under inertia when you had it up! (1:50)

    • @theultimatereductionist7592
      @theultimatereductionist7592 3 года назад

      AGREED, Pena Urkuri!!

  • @aidanandrewson7223
    @aidanandrewson7223 7 лет назад +191

    I very much love these videos in any format, so I'd do what feels comfortable for you

  • @davidmarilley6060
    @davidmarilley6060 5 лет назад +14

    Important post since we hear "rest mass" too often. Thanks for giving it a rest.

  • @anno96
    @anno96 6 лет назад +18

    Finally. I was confused af when I learned that when something move at the speed of light it should have an infinite mass, while the photons have 0 mass, and after that I thought when u move a bigger mass it would be harder to move than a lighter mass so imagine that you should move an infinite mass that would be infinitely hard, but that turned out to be not true thanks to your explanation 😃

  • @yce1234
    @yce1234 7 лет назад +25

    I enjoy the more technical, mathematical, deeper discussion. Good work!

  • @oomegalinux
    @oomegalinux 7 лет назад +60

    I liked the fact that this video was more technical than others. In fact, I'd like to see more equations, but this is just me. I think is not bad to put the equations as long as you explain the idea behind them. Then people that can understand the equations and the ones that don't will benefit from the videos.

    • @USA2Brazil
      @USA2Brazil 5 лет назад

      Agreed, though I would like to see a deeper brakedown on the equations done on a part by part series basis.

    • @-danR
      @-danR 5 лет назад

      A simple gedankenexperiment is better than any number of equations.
      A particle in a super-future accelerator is travelling so fast that its 'relativistic mass' is 100 times the mass of the earth.
      Therefore it attracts the earth in such a high gravitational field, due to its...mass..., that the earth could revolve around the particle more than vice-versa (of course, they revolve around a common center, but never mind).
      Now, I'm sure there are people that would, barring the technical challenges, say "yup, that's relativity". To insure they are also dissuaded, now consider _two_ such particles, now travelling side by side. Either one has the gravitational field that at some 100,000 kilometers distance they would attract each other with a force 100 times that of the earth at the same distance.
      The relativistic 'mass' disappears in the mind, without a single equation. Of course no such attraction would exist. And the mass would not exist.

  • @johnlary8792
    @johnlary8792 6 лет назад

    Thank you for improving my understanding of physics. No problem with your use of equations. No problem with your tackling fundamental errors or explaining more deeply than popular physics explanations. Please continue to drill down into fundamental ideas, even if more equations are needed. It's worth the work.

  • @quecisneros
    @quecisneros 3 года назад +4

    I am a theoretical chemist earlier in my career an organic chemist and I love these explanations with more fundamentals and formulas already known and yet with a digestible way to explain them to the general public. I believe these should be taught to more people so that they now how modern World functions and spell the act of charlatans off.
    I love your explanations I am a fan.

  • @threadthathasnoend1212
    @threadthathasnoend1212 7 лет назад +110

    I really liked this video and would love to see more similar to it. I'm not in physics but I do have a passing interest. Thank you for what you guys do

  • @yukterez
    @yukterez 7 лет назад +78

    There wasn't too much math but too little, we want to see what effects the kinetic energy of a moving objects excerpts on the gravitational field, because we know gravity couples not only to the rest mass but also to the momentum (a box of gas weights and gravitates more if you heat it up because of the kinetic energy of the gas atoms divided by c²)

    • @celiogouvea
      @celiogouvea 6 лет назад +1

      Yukterez Net so why it weight more if there are the same amount of subatomic particles? I don't understand that! I think "mass" is some kind of resistance in between matter and dark matter (space-time), the more speed, the more resistance so, we think the mass increases but, in fact is the resistance. The momentum could be the action = reaction, in the case of gravity the action > reaction due to differences of dark matter densities.

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 5 лет назад +1

      @@celiogouvea Energy is just a number. It is a potential of something. Nothing more. Yes, more energy at one spot creates bending of spacetime. It is in Einstein's equations. But you have to derive them. Good luck with that.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 4 года назад +3

      @Yukterez Net: The math for the gravitational effect of kinetic energy of a (relativistically) moving object would likely be overwhelming; you'd have to break out Einstein's Field Equations to show that, with the stress-energy tensor containing the large momentum term.
      I think you'd want to start with the Schwarzschild solution for, say, the Earth, and do some kind of perturbation for the "cosmic bullet."
      Maybe after some appropriate approximations it could be reduced to a dull roar? I'm not prepared to attempt that, but maybe someone is...
      Fred

    • @ericsu4667
      @ericsu4667 4 года назад +1

      Relativistic mass is not real, of course. Conservation of momentum shows that mass is also conserved.
      sites.google.com/view/physics-news/home/transformation

    • @jomen112
      @jomen112 4 года назад

      @@ericsu4667 If you treat mass and energy as the same, i.e. being momentum, then mass is conserved. But if you think of mass as a special state then it is obviously not conserved. E.g. in matter/anti-matter annihilation both viewpoints are valid. This non-conservation view of mass indicate to me that it is not a core property of nature, rather momentum is a more basic concept.

  • @GulfsideMinistries
    @GulfsideMinistries 6 лет назад +1

    I'm not a physicist. I barely got through Algebra! But I know enough that I took a few minutes and worked out some examples of the equation you invited us to play with and saw you were right (as I expected you were). I learned several neat things in this video, so thank you for it. Not too technical at all. Keep up the good work!

  • @roteroktober360
    @roteroktober360 4 года назад

    when calculating Gamma, do you use m/s as a unit for c and v?

  • @marcmarc172
    @marcmarc172 7 лет назад +18

    I'm a huge fan of the channel and I really enjoyed this video in particular. I thought you were, indeed, gental when you used those few equations. I love how much you smile throughout the videos; it brightens up my day. Keep up the great work!

  • @AnujMishra9
    @AnujMishra9 7 лет назад +7

    Fantastic video. And i think , in order to understand these concepts this much amount of technicality is absolutely essential. I would love to see even more videos from you explaining these difficult concepts using some equations.

  • @alfredfurbee1025
    @alfredfurbee1025 5 лет назад

    Yo.Can u tell me what books to read;ones that u recommend?I will transcend past normal (shall I say conventional and a traditional way regardless) but to maximize my time spent on all my self studies "emphasised" id appreciate some help to avoid erroneous intuitive way of thinking to get on with the search to intertwine one equation to embody all systems.

  • @ArnavSawant
    @ArnavSawant 4 года назад

    Hello sir,
    Wanted to ask what are the other applications of relativistic mass apart from using it in the momentum equation

  • @NiallsSongs
    @NiallsSongs 6 лет назад +3

    This is the first video of yours I've watched and I found it excellent. The balance between scientifically correct and intuitively accessible content was perfect for my needs. I'm looking forward to watching more. Thank you.

  • @sarthakpapney3125
    @sarthakpapney3125 7 лет назад +7

    sir really this video is very good and interesting like your other videos and sir please keep making videos, i know that your videos got less views than your videos deserve but I love your videos and many others like me who love Physics also love you and your videos so sir please please keep on making them..,I Love Fermilab and I want to come there in future..
    and sorry sir for my bad english

  • @johnpeter7832
    @johnpeter7832 6 лет назад

    Hello sir, how did the observer measure the light observation while it did not hit his/her sensors. are we assuming that the speed of observation is absolute considering the that the stationary observer has the emitter and he sensor.

  • @Ambienfinity
    @Ambienfinity 4 года назад +2

    Love all your videos. This was as technical as you felt you needed to make it in order to explain the concept fully. I watched it twice just to make sure I'd understood the concept of gamma in all this!

  • @TimBorny
    @TimBorny 7 лет назад +3

    This was an excellent balance of assumption of knowledge and explanation of concepts. You produce some of the best videos on these relatively complex physics concepts. Keep it up! (and definitely don't dumb it down...)

  • @electricananda
    @electricananda 7 лет назад +3

    It was not confusing at all! Please more equations in future videos. There's stuff that's meant for everyone to understand, not excluding even those who have a fear of equations, and there's some university level lecture stuff, but really no middle ground.
    So far I've found that Fermilab's videos have a good selection of topics, but leave at least me hoping for longer, in-depth information on the topics introduced. (Maybe consider starting another channel?)

  • @maplenutbutter4336
    @maplenutbutter4336 5 лет назад

    Do electrons ever move fast enough that they require a gamma to describe momentum? The math I have been working with in my intro to quantum class uses p=mv when when working with the momentum and Hamiltonian operators. In an atom electrons don't move near the speed of light but a free particle conceivably could? Does it have something do to with the wave nature of matter or is that just because the problems we've been working with are with electrons that are too slow and the gamma can be ignored?

  • @sergeyketov1458
    @sergeyketov1458 5 лет назад

    Now I am confused. In previous of yours that I've watched you explained that most mass comes from the fact that quarks in protons and neutrons move or vibrate at the velocities close to the speed of light and that is what increase there actual mass (which comes from Higgs field) and we normally use these masses in the Newton equation. But now you say that we cannot do this with particles having speed close to the speed of light. Can you clarify this?

  • @leesaxon7279
    @leesaxon7279 6 лет назад +3

    Great explanation, very useful. I was not at all bothered by the (slightly) more technical nature of this one, and I think you could go even further. There definitely is a point where it becomes "math majors only," and I think PBS Spacetime has been crossing that line lately, but you're definitely doing a good job keeping it in intuitive territory.

  • @deluxeassortment
    @deluxeassortment 5 лет назад +3

    I'm glad you cleared this up. I always had an issue with the idea that the actual mass of something grew with velocity. If that were true, event horizons would cause runaway spacetime curvature!

  • @michaeltaylor6133
    @michaeltaylor6133 4 года назад

    Dear Dr. Lincoln,
    I am bit confused by this video.
    If an object doesn't increase its' mass when it approaches the speed of light, how do you account for the weight of the proton, which I thought was due to the confined quarks moving near c (and the gluons)? If those fast move quarks don't cause the mass of the proton, what does?

  • @duckamuck1756
    @duckamuck1756 5 лет назад

    Does this same concept apply to changing length with speed, is length not actually changing as well?

  • @charlesrgordon
    @charlesrgordon 4 года назад +17

    I thought the video was eloquent and informative, and thanks for introducing gamma

  • @RTlnx
    @RTlnx 7 лет назад +18

    I think the base level is perfect. I'd actually enjoy more 'advanced' videos where these more basic ones are further explored. Perhaps confine the math to those 'advanced' videos instead of having to apologe for using maths in many videos?

    • @rykehuss3435
      @rykehuss3435 7 лет назад +4

      Try PBS Spacetime, Sixty Symbols, Numberphile etc

    • @merloon
      @merloon 7 лет назад +3

      PBS Spacetime will melt your brain

  • @sylvainbrosseau6239
    @sylvainbrosseau6239 5 лет назад

    You're very good at this. First you take up a confusing topic, one that people may not have recognized being problematic. Then you use a proper perspective and simple way to explain it. Then your speed rate of talking is perfect. Not like those video with the guy talking too fast and linking sentences together in fear you'll leave the video. You're very good at this.

  • @SaquibFaisal
    @SaquibFaisal 4 года назад

    So gamma factor is always there in momentum equation but changes noticeably at relativistic velocities and hence momentum is changed but the mass is always constant? Did I conclude it correctly?

  • @xXZ31t6esTXx
    @xXZ31t6esTXx 7 лет назад +69

    Don't worry about putting ecuations in your videos as long as they are simple like this one! :-)

    • @xXZ31t6esTXx
      @xXZ31t6esTXx 7 лет назад +6

      I mean I could watch a whole set of videos explaining Eistein's ecuations but only if they start from highschool educ

    • @chrisherrick2397
      @chrisherrick2397 7 лет назад +7

      My definition of simple stops at tensor calculus.

    • @finnelhumano6096
      @finnelhumano6096 7 лет назад

      Sometime ago I saw a 2+hour long lecture in youtube on general relativity that explains all the math involved from linear algebra and, I think some multivariable calculus

    • @finnelhumano6096
      @finnelhumano6096 7 лет назад

      Sometime ago I saw a 2+hour long lecture in youtube on general relativity that explains all the math involved from linear algebra and, I think some multivariable calculus

    • @rz1653
      @rz1653 7 лет назад +1

      It is all about exposure. Even tensor algebra gets simple once you get used to the ideas.

  • @wgm-en2gx
    @wgm-en2gx 7 лет назад +57

    I prefer a little math in these types of explanations. However, I might be more math oriented than some.

    • @ericsu4667
      @ericsu4667 6 лет назад

      Relativistic mass is not real, of course. It is merely a concept from Lorentz Transformation which violates conservation of momentum in elastic collision in any reference frame that is not center-of-mass frame.
      vixra.org/abs/1802.0099

    • @ericsu4667
      @ericsu4667 5 лет назад

      his comment is about relativistic mass which does not exist.

    • @ericsu4667
      @ericsu4667 5 лет назад

      Do you know about Lorentz transformation in detail?

    • @ericsu4667
      @ericsu4667 5 лет назад

      I am actually asking you how much you know about physics, relativity, and Lorentz transformation. It all depends on your major in college.

    • @aremijfaye5160
      @aremijfaye5160 3 года назад

      What 's wrong with this: E=gamma*m*c^2
      With a bit of manipulation we can get E^2 -v^2*E^2 /c^2=m^2 c^4
      When v increases, the left hand side term decreases, which means the right hand side (m^2c^4) is decreasing. Which simply means the rest mass decreases. Does it mean an increase in velocity implies a decrease in rest mass?

  • @Keitel123
    @Keitel123 6 лет назад

    These videos are great but cannot see a playlist or more importantly an order to watch videos in, you keep saying on a previous video so what is the best order to watch in

  • @lisawalpole9037
    @lisawalpole9037 4 года назад

    Is there an increased interaction with the Higgs field as one approaches c and if so is this a way of connecting relativity with the quantum world?

  • @siddhartharaja9413
    @siddhartharaja9413 6 лет назад +12

    Love you sir ,you are a real gem!please continue making such great videos for curious science students!

  • @karlscheel3500
    @karlscheel3500 6 лет назад +11

    Thanks for removing the confusion regarding relativistic momentum! ALL physics professors should ditch the concept of relativistic mass and ALWAYS include gamma when explaining Einstein's famous equation! It would make it MUCH easier for ALL students to grasp!
    It's quite easy for the average person to see mathematically, that as you approach the speed of light, you get closer to division by zero in the gamma term, which is ALWAYS equal to infinity.

    • @mydogbrian4814
      @mydogbrian4814 4 года назад

      - But infinities in equations are non sensical terms, like black hole singularities with "g". So then;
      = is the gamma hypothesis truly valid?

    • @mydogbrian4814
      @mydogbrian4814 4 года назад

      The video was fine. Its Nice to know that some concepts that us morons cherish is actually dumbed down hogwash. So, gamma tells us how "p" increases. But why isnt it directly proportional to v all the time?

    • @PaulFreemanTheTall
      @PaulFreemanTheTall 4 года назад

      @My dog Brian : The infinity is a sign that the concept has reached a boundary, ie that no greater speed is possible. So its not meaningless or an error but a sign that there is a physical limit. This becomes clearer when you watch his space time video on why its not possible to move faster than the speed of light.

  • @Jack__________
    @Jack__________ 3 года назад

    Don’t dumb down your content for any reason... I appreciate the hard ideas even if I don’t fully grasp them immediately, and contemplating what it all means is the joy of life.

  • @flix343
    @flix343 5 лет назад

    Someone please help :). He said gamma approaches infinity as velocity approaches light speed. The formula he showed isnt working. I put a huge speed in for v (I used c minus 1) but the answer is around .5. what am i doing wrong

  • @JimButler1234567890
    @JimButler1234567890 4 года назад +3

    I appreciated this video and the detail that you went into. Without the details, one cannot hope to really understand the distinction in concepts like this . Thank you very much for this.

  • @daGama1915
    @daGama1915 7 лет назад +9

    Think you could go more technical. Videos like this, with a simple and a less simple part, would be welcome

  • @waynelast1685
    @waynelast1685 5 лет назад +1

    This is excellent content. The way to really understand physics , not getting bogged down in math but using the math appropriately as needed. I’m not shying away from long advanced math calculations just expressing the right ideas first or understanding them. Love your channel . Subd. Can’t wait to watch more videos.

  • @android199ios25
    @android199ios25 6 лет назад

    So if we had a proton moving at 99.99% speed of light near the earth do we use M(rest) in newton equation or M(relativistic)=[E(calculated from inertial mass)+E(k)]/c^2 in order to calculate grav force in earth reference frame?
    PS I didn't study physics so plz be gentle

  • @astropredo
    @astropredo 7 лет назад +64

    For me it is amazing!! Keep pushing!

  • @pawelkrol6547
    @pawelkrol6547 7 лет назад +22

    It wasn't really technical. I love these equations. They help you get a better understanding of what is truly going on. I like it this way, please do not fall into the trap of treating your viewers as morons. We can do math. :)

    • @user-cp3ju2fz4z
      @user-cp3ju2fz4z 5 лет назад

      Yes we can \ - . - / We make math great again.

  • @thewaytruthandlife
    @thewaytruthandlife 5 лет назад

    dear mr Lincoln;
    a) doesnt the kinetic energy not represent some mass ? I mean p=gamma*m*v and E=1/2 *gamma*m*v^2 (and therefor E=mc^2 (or its more correct version) is pretty much close the same.
    b) from what I understood (correct me if I am wrong) is that the mass of for example protons /neutrons ect largely is represented due to the kinetic energy of the subatomic particles that make up these particle and that, for about 98%. so that we basically can say we consist for the majority of kinetic energy, mass wise speaking…
    c) can we not say the more kinetic energy an object contains the harder it gets to deliver some more kinetic energy to speed things up ? because of the energy content (and therefor impulse but also mass)
    d) so inertia is basically the resistance of an object containing kinetic energy to gain more kinetic energy.

  • @samyakkshinde6864
    @samyakkshinde6864 6 лет назад

    sir is density of a body change when mass increases in high velocity ??
    and is density changes during length contraction??

    • @samyakkshinde6864
      @samyakkshinde6864 6 лет назад

      ScienceNinjaDude ..Suppose, you make the following apparatus, an object (like a cube) floating in some liquid (with uniform density and viscosity). The cube is at constant depth if at rest. Now you send the cube into motion at near the speed of light from your frame. The mass of the object increases and length contracts just enough to together contribute to such an increase in density that the object is supposed to sink (ever so slightly but enought to be detected).
      Will the observer ( experimenter ) see it sink? What does relativity exactly tell us about what will happen??

  • @papyrophobia
    @papyrophobia 7 лет назад +11

    Please feel free to delve deep, but beware the balrog.

  • @KetilDuna
    @KetilDuna 5 лет назад +4

    Beautifully explained, as always - thank you.

  • @calihawa
    @calihawa 5 лет назад

    I have a question about photon at rest i.e at zero deg K . I am told that mass-less photon either moves at speed of light else doesn't move at all so in Bose Einstein condensate photons stop moving but with respect to what? Does it stop moving in all reference frames like speed of light is constant in all reference frames?

  • @mtslybot78
    @mtslybot78 5 лет назад

    I'm late to the show but since I found this channel, I've found myself watching (and rewatching) a number of videos from this series. Thanks Don!
    I have a question about the relationship between gamma (scalar?), mass, and velocity . Slower objects' momentum is more heavily influenced by mass. Faster objects approaching the speed of light sees gamma far exceed any significance mass has on momentum. Is there any special defining qualities of an object moving at a velocity that finds gamma equal to its mass? It would have to be travelling very fast, obviously, but I feel like it describes a unique state when gamma and mass contribute equally to momentum ..

  • @samarthsai9530
    @samarthsai9530 7 лет назад +3

    Yes Sir we want more Math more and more equations. Great video sir.

  • @mennonis
    @mennonis 7 лет назад +4

    I feel like it was not hard to follow, although I'm an electrical/software engineering student, but I have not had general physics classes in over 5 years (turns out computers dont care about gravity?)

    • @mennonis
      @mennonis 7 лет назад

      so i welcome more videos like these

    • @foobargorch
      @foobargorch 7 лет назад

      maybe one day... watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4

  • @readjordan2257
    @readjordan2257 6 лет назад

    perhaps i need to watch the update first, but wouldnt the answer be as simple as C being an asymptote of the gamma equation, which is also an exponential increase function and as a result being impossible to get at but infinitely approaching?

  • @mahoneytechnologies657
    @mahoneytechnologies657 5 лет назад

    Thank you for the work you are putting into to make what I call your great, "Explaining Physics Series". The speed at which you explain subjects and the clarity of your explanations really makes learning easier. But it is the example of the thinking process that helps the most.
    Now I know why my idea of how to beat the energy generation requirement to exceed the speed of light is most likely wrong! I thought that if I used the increase in relativistic mass applied to a nuclear reaction power generation process the energy generated would approach infinity as the mass approached infinity, WaLa!
    Now time to reset my thinking. On the other hand if we did manage to exceed the speed of light then we would never know, we would have lost all references by which to comparatively measure the event. I think. In therms of energy I call Zero point energy and the energy at the speed of light the energy bounds/limits of our Universe. The other side of these limits exist other Universe Dimensions. Again I think.
    I have so much more to Learn, I need all the help I can get! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your thinking process.

  • @Trp44
    @Trp44 6 лет назад +6

    Not understanding this doesn't keep me from enjoying listening to it.

    • @WarrenGarabrandt
      @WarrenGarabrandt 4 года назад

      You might enjoy his audiobooks then. They are very good.

  • @tonywilliams4020
    @tonywilliams4020 7 лет назад +14

    I'd prefer a bit more depth than even this to be honest, but keep it up, whatever you feel is best.

  • @DeadmaN-2112
    @DeadmaN-2112 2 года назад

    I am so glad I stumbled across this video because that has always been something I could never quite wrap my head around.
    I remember the very first time that I ever heard that term used.
    I thought to myself so if I were sped up to the speed of light then would I lbe everywhere all at once.
    Your explanation makes far more sense.
    Thank you for this video and for clearing that up.

  • @wwttwtlee2489
    @wwttwtlee2489 3 года назад +1

    I think that relativistic mass is a very useful concept in relativity. In SR, we have F = dp/dt where t is the proper time and p = mv in which m is the relativistic mass. The equation tells us the the larger the m, the larger the force required to produce a given acceleration. This shows that m has the meaning of inertia of a body.

  • @GottfriedLeibnizYT
    @GottfriedLeibnizYT 7 лет назад +6

    Yes ! a new Don video !

  • @nejx8711
    @nejx8711 4 года назад +11

    Fermilab: *towards the end of the video* “but don’t worry, I’ll make a video explaining the REAL reason you can’t go faster than light”
    Me: *looks at recommended* “How to travel faster than light, by Fermilab”
    Also Me: Hmmmmmmmm...

    • @tunnar79
      @tunnar79 4 года назад

      @Star Trek Theory *too much.

    • @tunnar79
      @tunnar79 4 года назад

      @Star Trek Theory How high were you at the moment of writing that comment?

  • @t33th4n
    @t33th4n 5 лет назад

    My question might be silly, but if time "slows down" for the "frame" who
    wish to achieve the speed of light, then from it's perspective mass is
    constant and isn't it free to go faster then the speed of light?

  • @enysuntra1347
    @enysuntra1347 3 года назад

    Can anybody help, he lost me at m (crossproduct) v.
    v is a vector, as is \gamma. So the vector product \gamma (cross) v is clear.
    However, m (cross) v implies that m also is a vector, which I cannot see. Wouldn't mv be a scalar (point) product? wouldn't that mean it's E=\gamma (cross) (m \cdot v)?

  • @thomasdoyle4246
    @thomasdoyle4246 7 лет назад +3

    I will have to watch it again, maybe a couple of times. Don't change your approach. I love that you take the time to explain these complicated science explanations of reality.

  • @AbdennacerAyeb
    @AbdennacerAyeb 7 лет назад +4

    Equations is better for better understanding.

    • @user-cp3ju2fz4z
      @user-cp3ju2fz4z 5 лет назад

      "is better" is equal to "for better" but in respect there are different parameters, how weird.

  • @practicalityguy
    @practicalityguy 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you. What does gamma represent in the equation?

  • @JoeSyxpack
    @JoeSyxpack 4 года назад

    OMG! Thank you!
    I've been writing a sci-fi story about space travel and I couldn't get straight answers about relativistic mass. Specifically, did that mass only apply vs the forces acting against it or did it affect the universe around it as if it had that actual increased mass? In other words, did its gravity well increase as the speed increased?
    The answer means I have to do some re-writing.

  • @haarmegiddo
    @haarmegiddo 7 лет назад +3

    Now we are owned a video that explains why is the Lorentz factor in that equation in the first place :)

    • @MikeRosoftJH
      @MikeRosoftJH 7 лет назад +4

      The simple explanation is that the entirety of the special relativity can be derived from the assumption that speed of light is the same for all observers. (Don can sure give us a more complete explanation.)

    • @kenlogsdon7095
      @kenlogsdon7095 7 лет назад +1

      MikeRosoftJH - It may be a bit more accurate to state that the Principle of Relativity which states that all physical laws are the same regardless of frame of reference, together with the axiom that there exists a finite rate of interaction due to the spacetime interval, eg, the "speed of light", is the basis for the geometric Lorentz transformation for inertial reference frames.

    • @Goreuncle
      @Goreuncle 6 лет назад

      +Haar Megiddo
      *owed

  • @kingarmorgator
    @kingarmorgator 7 лет назад +4

    I'd say if anyone really had a problem with the equations or subject matter they'd be watching something else. Do what you do.

  • @shanemartin31
    @shanemartin31 5 лет назад +2

    Really good. I have a bit of equation phobia, but you explained it really well and I had this urge to hit a sheet of paper and start playing with the terms. Super cool, haven't had that urge since college!

  • @78tag
    @78tag 2 года назад

    Your explanation of the equations involved here are clear enough to make it easy to follow what you are saying without having to understand the equations. It's like discussing quantum physics - no one really undertands it but that doesn't stop us from discussing it.

  • @Javierm0n0
    @Javierm0n0 7 лет назад +14

    High five to whoever owns the dorito with the wing. (Rx-8)
    Answer, the info wasn't hard to follow at all.

    • @stylis666
      @stylis666 7 лет назад +1

      I had a dorito once and then I developed taste.

    • @Super1337357
      @Super1337357 6 лет назад +1

      boost goes in, apex seals come out :)

  • @HoD999x
    @HoD999x 7 лет назад +3

    i want more equations

    • @user-cp3ju2fz4z
      @user-cp3ju2fz4z 5 лет назад

      1+1=2
      F(x)= (4x^3 - 3x) / (45x^32 + 6x^2x)
      2=2
      1,5+0,5=2
      0,8+1,2=2
      -5+3=2
      Enough ?

  • @Andy-df5fj
    @Andy-df5fj 4 года назад

    Since speed is relative, is gamma and consequentially mass it self relative? Ie: if your traveling along at half the speed of light at a given relativistic mass and an object is travelling towards you, also at half the speed of light, is your mass now infinite relative to that object since, relative to that object, you're travelling at the speed of light?

  • @hasanshirazi9535
    @hasanshirazi9535 5 лет назад

    So if mass does not increase then physically what property of matter increases at relativistic speeds which makes the momentum approach infinity? Gamma is a factor which represents an increase in something, what is it that increases?

  • @peterparahuz7094
    @peterparahuz7094 4 года назад +7

    0:33 ha ha ha. "unsolicited correspondence", another words "stop sending me mail!"

    • @mrv1264
      @mrv1264 4 года назад

      Or, "stop sending me comments that question the status quo or that which is politically correct in the physics community."

    • @avrenna
      @avrenna 4 года назад +1

      Correspondence is probably still welcome as long as you aren't a schizophrenic layman who doesn't understand the equations but still thinks he's smarter than Einstein and the thousands of physicists and thesis-writing post-grads since, believing that he's found a brilliant new way of "looking at things" that no one has ever considered before.

    • @NoizyInSeattle
      @NoizyInSeattle 4 года назад +1

      In science discussion forums, I see "Einstein was wrong" quite a bit. They never really explain why they think so.

  • @Hythloday71
    @Hythloday71 7 лет назад +13

    Oh dear, so is length contraction even real ?

    • @gokbok2568
      @gokbok2568 7 лет назад +28

      Indeed, just try and jump in cold water!

    • @GottfriedLeibnizYT
      @GottfriedLeibnizYT 7 лет назад +5

      Yes. The fabric of spacetime gets distorted and the length of the body changes accordingly.

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 лет назад +12

      Yes; but in a sense somewhat similar to constancy of mass, no it isn't.
      What *does* change, is the 'length component' in the frame wrt which the object is moving. There is a spacetime 'hyperbolic rotation' connecting the two frames, in which the distance and time components both change in a way that preserves the spacetime interval, ds² = dx² - c²dt²
      This is analogous to a spatial rotation, in which two spatial components both change, but in a way that the spatial interval, ds² = dx² + dy², is preserved.
      If you stand in front of a rectangular building, you see its full width in front of you.
      If you walk partway, say 60º, around it, that same front face of the building now looks half as wide. Did it actually shrink?
      No. Its actual width is still the same; its apparent width is only half that.
      In the case of 'boosting' a meter stick into a moving frame, the proper length of the stick is still a meter; but its apparent length is shorter.
      Masses, proper lengths, and proper times, are all constants; they are invariants; apparent lengths and times *do* vary.

    • @foobargorch
      @foobargorch 7 лет назад +3

      Science is the best way to esecalate a dick joke, well done!

    • @snnwstt
      @snnwstt 7 лет назад +3

      Nope, it is a matter of perception to who observe it, as parallel tracks of a railway seems to converge at infinity when you look at them ( perspective geometry in case of the railway). They seem to converge, but never really do. It is a little bit as thinking that the whole world expand while it would be you who shrink (yes, it would takes less energy to have only you shrinking instead of the whole universe to expand, .. but then, why the other parts of the universe would not shrink too?) But if you were shrinking because you were speeding ? Anyhow, you could come with a perspective geometry which will describe the same effects around you, with no one really shrinking. Does )( look like parallel segments of straight lines? Take || and a piece of lens like fisheye lens, the || will become, to you, through the lens, curves like )( . That would be your perception, but in reality, they didn't changed at all just because you look at them through fisheyes lens, isn't it? Same for speeding objects, they may appear smaller when you look at them, but they, in their local frame, it is you who become smaller, not them.

  • @vedantsridhar8378
    @vedantsridhar8378 3 года назад

    Thanks, such a wonderful explanation. I still have a question though. I really thought the relativistic mass is because of the energy of your motion (kinetic energy) being manifested into mass because of Einstein's most famous equation E=mc^2.

  • @jamiboothe
    @jamiboothe 4 года назад

    Please add any algebra formulas or equations that pertain to your subject, but also keep up with explaining these very complicated ideas in ways that do not need math, to understand. I once heard someone say, "If you can`t explain it simply, you do not know the subject well enough to be explaining it". I am not sure who said it and the quote may be paraphrased, but you get the idea. Thanks for the excellent videos.

  • @jerrylong381
    @jerrylong381 6 лет назад +7

    Well, there goes my theory that dark matter is only the increased mass of everything in the universe moving at very high velocities.

  • @szokebalazs2244
    @szokebalazs2244 5 лет назад +6

    This should be the minimum
    I really like this”show” but you could add more equations.

  • @silberlinie
    @silberlinie 4 года назад

    So my interest is inertia. I want to learn
    as much as I can about it.
    Any suggestions?

  • @celiogouvea
    @celiogouvea 6 лет назад

    I would like to know what if we apply ultraviolet on a electron in a hydron Collider, it would add more speed or slow down, for me this a very important question, so I can understand mass and energy, can someone answer please.

  • @omsingharjit
    @omsingharjit 6 лет назад +4

    thanks for teaching right lesson

  • @Ammmo30
    @Ammmo30 6 лет назад +10

    "How about a bullet from a sniper rifle?"
    *Shows someone shooting an AR-15*
    (Love the video btw)

    • @drottercat
      @drottercat 4 года назад +1

      I suppose that knowing your AR15s from your sniper rifles is not important to people interested in realtivity.

    • @Ziplock9000
      @Ziplock9000 4 года назад

      @@drottercat Well said

  • @vinuraj8832
    @vinuraj8832 3 года назад +1

    Hi sir I have a doubt
    By this equation if we are travelling with velocity v our mass increases but car, bike travells everyday thay also have thier mass but how thier mass dosnt increase ?????

    • @declantraill
      @declantraill 3 года назад +1

      Oh come on!! Surely you realize that the effects only become noticeable at VERY high speeds - near that of light (~300000000 m/sec). A bike is lucky to travel at 20 m/sec...

    • @vinuraj8832
      @vinuraj8832 3 года назад +1

      @@declantraill but by equation some negligible amount of mass should increase

    • @vinuraj8832
      @vinuraj8832 3 года назад +1

      @@declantraill at 3km/sec mass will be infinity ... it will be an big change

    • @declantraill
      @declantraill 3 года назад

      @@vinuraj8832 You are doing something very wrong in your calculations. If you have a 50kg bike traveling at 20 m/sec, then its mass would be 50.000000000000111111111111111481 kg. Hardly any difference....

    • @vinuraj8832
      @vinuraj8832 3 года назад +1

      @@declantraill i know i have seen but question the car which is everyday from past 10 to20 years than there will much difference

  • @Eric-Marsh
    @Eric-Marsh 2 года назад

    So is gama correlated to time dilation?

  • @netspirit79
    @netspirit79 6 лет назад +3

    That's not a sniper rifle. It's a normal, everyman's AR-15

  • @schadenfreudebuddha
    @schadenfreudebuddha 7 лет назад +15

    I dunno, some of MY relatives are pretty massive.

  • @sanjogsilwal9477
    @sanjogsilwal9477 5 лет назад

    Can you recommend us physics book? Or tell us which books you show in videos?

  • @rotrohan
    @rotrohan 5 лет назад

    How are the values for gamma derived if v> c?