Feed: Dr. Myron Evans
Posted on: Monday, November 15, 2010 2:01 AM
Author: metric345
Subject: 163(7): The Covariant Mass Ratio in Elastic Scattering
| On reflection, I think that the idea of note 163(6) is over complicated, so using Ockham’s Razor I replaced it by this idea, in which the covariant mass ratio for elastic scattering is gamma, the Lorentz factor. The mass m2 of the static particle is its rest mass, which in elastic scattering does not move, so the covariant mass ratio for m2 is unity throughout. In this idea of note 163(7), the dynamic mass is different from the rest mass. We can only detect dynamic mass in a collision or interaction, so this idea seems to be self consistent and make sense. I will now extend it to other simple situations such as ninety degree scattering. So the covariant mass ratio is the ratio of the dynamic mass (a new concept entirely) to the rest mass, the mass of a particle at rest. Completely new thinking is needed now, and this seems to be the simplest solution. A moving particle can only be detected to be moving by reference to something, and the new idea is that the mass of a moving particle is different from its mass when it is at rest. “At rest” is an anthropomorphic concept, at rest with respect to what? We are at rest with respect to the earth, but the earth is moving and so on. Thus:
(R / R0) = gamma squared
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