RE: Special Relativity. Lifetime.
December 3, 2019 at 1:54 pm
(This post was last modified: December 3, 2019 at 2:10 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
(December 3, 2019 at 1:41 pm)Alex K Wrote: Not really. There is in principle no upper limit to frequency like there is for velocity, except that frequencies with periods shorter than Planck time are maybe impossible) but this limit does not derive from special relativity.
The physical concept frequency is related to more closely is actually energy. By virtue of the Schrödinger equation the two are basically the same.
The term frequency, seems to me, applicable to very different types of phenomenon. The frequency of a neuron is similar to the pulsation of a heart; they are individual entities with a limit to how fast pulsations can be produced. But the frequency of light or sound seems different, it appears continuous or connected; it makes more sense to talk about "how many" as opposed to "how fast" when it comes to these waves. (Assuming an increase in wave frequency corresponds to more waves fitting into the same space, not waves traveling faster through that space).
So I think the lack of an upper limit, or its relatedness to energy, depends on what frequency is in reference to.