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    Mar 29, 2012, 11:48 AM
    Mass increase
    If the LHC collider can accellerate protons to near the speed of light is their increase in mass negligible
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    Mar 29, 2012, 12:16 PM
    The increase in mass of particles at relativistic speeds can be quite significant. Relativistic mass is calculated from:



    at 95% speed of light mass increases over rest by a factor of 3.

    Actually a better way tio state this is that the particle momentum increases at relativistic speeds following:
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