Re: HOCUS POCUS


PD wrote:

There are three facts that remain

- The correct formula for combining velocities (independent of what
assumptions are made to *derive* that formula) has been completely
verified in particle experiments. Call it an empirically confirmed
formula, if you like, and forget about deriving it from any
assumptions. It's nevertheless a confirmed relation.

Exact references, please.

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Proton-proton collisions and electron-electron collisions (for example)
are routinely done in both collider and fixed-target environments. The
physics of these collisions is simple enough (at least for some
measurable distributions) that comparison of the nature of the
collisions in both environments is tantamount to measuring the same
process in two very different frames of reference. The relative speed
of the colliding particles is measured in both cases as a normal part
of beamline monitoring operations. The fact that the distributions are
identical if and only if the relative speeds in the two reference
frames are related exactly by the relativistic prescription, is
compelling evidence that the relativistic prescription is correct.

Exactly related, thus no error bars ?
Did the experimenters expressly claimed that their observed
distributions
are explained by the relativistic addition of velocities?
Where can their articles be found ? (Exact references, please).

Marcel Luttgens

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