Relativistic velocities

[John Kuszewski]

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--JK


Mischa Machius wrote:
...
> The question is whether the final short bond
> lengths are due to the "relativistic length contraction" at these high
> velocities. Furthermore, under relativistic conditions, the mass of atoms
> is supposed to be increased. How does X-PLOR handle this aspect and the
> corresponding changes in the force constants?
> 
> We also had a rather large mean error in the coordinates. Is this due to
> the fact that at high velocities the positions of the atoms cannot be
> determined accurately because of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle?


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