What is the source of the magnetism? Harry
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 6:24 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > Sorry, I realize that my wording was flawed. I mean that the two > particles are moving in parallel at the same velocity. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sun, Feb 16, 2014 3:20 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Velocity dependent model of Coulomb's law > > > > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:44 AM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com>wrote: > >> Once I made a calculation of the attraction between two charged >> particles that are moving together at a constant velocity relative to my >> frame of reference. I was pleasantly surprised to find that as the >> velocity of the two charges approached the speed of light, a perfect >> balance between the electric force and the magnetic force was achieved. >> This implied that there would be precisely zero electromagnetic force >> between the two and hence no acceleration either together or apart at the >> speed of light. This matches the special theory of relativity since at >> light speed the time dilation reaches infinity for the objects being viewed. >> >> Since their time was slowed down to zero, they should not be seen as >> accelerating towards or away from each other. >> >> Dave >> >> >> > > Dave, what do you mean by "moving together"? Moving on parallel paths at > constant velocity or moving off in different directions at constant > velocity? > > > > Harry >
