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In a vacuum, how would a single atom such as hydrogen react when speed close to the speed of light?

Asked by troym333 (135points) July 23rd, 2009

I’ve learned how matter becomes more massive as it is accelarated, but is this still true inside of a vacuum? What will happen to that atom once it is accelerated to the speed of light?

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