relativistic speed

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speed
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/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
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Relativistic plasmas occur in a variety of situations, for example, in high-power laser-plasma interactions, plasma particles may attainrelativisticspeed.
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Matter has invariant mass assuming it is not traveling at arelativisticspeedwith respect to an observer.
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A relativistic particle is a subatomic particle moving atrelativisticspeed.
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At the laboratory level, current high laser power s are able to accelerate particles to highly relativistic speeds.
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Particle radiation is quantities of subatomic particles accelerated to relativistic speeds by nuclear reactions.
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When the electrons are moving at relativistic speeds, cyclotron radiation is known as synchrotron radiation.
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Ionizing radiation comprises subatomic particles, ions or atoms moving at relativistic speeds, and electromagnetic waves on the short wavelength end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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It is often used to analyze the physical experience of observers who ride on a ring or disk rigidly rotating at relativistic speeds.
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A free electron laser generates high-intensity electromagnetic radiation by accelerating electrons to relativistic speeds and directing them through special magnetic structures.
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The light quarks in a meson move at relativistic speeds, since the mass of the bound state is much larger than the mass of the quark.
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The drive has to run continuously; at relativistic speeds, it is nearly impossible to restart it, and then only for a short period after it has stopped.
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Temperatures were so high that the random motions of particles were at relativistic speeds, and particleantiparticle pairs of all kinds were being continuously created and destroyed in collisions.
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Yet another model involves a dense stellar cluster undergoing core-collapse as the negative heat capacity of the system drives the velocity dispersion in the core to relativistic speeds.
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