Thursday, August 31, 2017

special relativity - Is measure relative velocity the same for both observer n particle


A particle is moving at velocity v. A stationary observer tries to measure its velocity. From the observer reference frame, he will measure a shorter distance travel as compared to what the particle will measure due to length contraction. The observer will also measure a greater time compared to what the particle will measure. Won't this mean that the observer measured velocity of the particle is different from what the particle measure?


Edit: I think the problem here is that the particle can't measure its own velocity as it must be wrt something. But I thought about what if it is moving from point x to point y. Surely it will be able to measure its velocity through that.




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