On Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6:53:35 PM UTC-7 Brent Meeker wrote:
That's a rather different paradox and of course the answer is nothing would happen to the object. The mass increase and length contraction are only *relative*: as measured by the observer the object is moving relative to. Brent It's often stated that the transformed event, usually denoted as the Primed Frame, is what is actually measured in the primed frame, such as the E and B fields in E&M. But here is an example something NOT measured in the primed frame, another is length. So it's hard to consistently interpret what the LT does. AG On 1/12/2025 4:28 PM, Liz R wrote: Another version of the paradox asks what would happen if an object moving sufficiently fast that its mass increase and length contraction caused it to fall inside its own gravitational collapse radius (from the point of view of an observer at rest). Would it actually form a black hole, even though from the object's point of view it isn't in danger of gravitational collapse? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f15fffdd-eaff-42d4-b4f1-756323b46064n%40googlegroups.com.
