Tachyon paradox, Physics

Assignment Help:

The argument reveling that tachyons (must they exist, of course) cannot carry an electric charge. For a (imaginary-massed) particle travelling quicker than c, the less energy the tachyon has, the quicker it travels, till at zero energy the tachyon is travelling along with infinite velocity, or is transcendent. Now charged tachyon at a given (non-infinite) speed will be travelling quicker than light in its own medium, and must emit Cherenkov radiation. The loss of this energy will decrease naturally the energy of the tachyon that will make it go faster; resulting in a runaway reaction where any charged tachyon will race off to transcendence promptly.

Even though the above argument results in a curious conclusion, meat of the tachyon paradox is this: In relativity, the transcendence of tachyon is frame-dependent. i.e., wheraes a tachyon might seem to be transcendent in one frame, it would seem to others to still have a nonzero energy. But in this case we have a condition where in one frame it would have come to zero energy & would stop emitting Cherenov radiation, however in another frame it would have energy left still and must be emitting Cherenkov radiation on its way to transcendence. As they cannot both be true, through relativistic arguments, tachyons cannot be charged.

Naturally this argument does not make any account of quantum mechanical treatments of tachyons that complicate the condition a great deal.


Related Discussions:- Tachyon paradox

Explain fraunhoffer diffraction, In this case both source and screen are ef...

In this case both source and screen are effectively at infinite distance from the diffracting device. Basic types: Diffraction at single slit, double slit and diffracting gratin

Name the losses occurring in a transformer, The losses occurring in a trans...

The losses occurring in a transformer are:- I) iron loss II) copper loss

Antimatter in observable universe, Why is there far more matter than antima...

Why is there far more matter than antimatter in the observable universe? Ans) It may have to do with the way the universe was created. Certainly if there was a lot of antimatter c

Inertia on a bicycle, Inertia on a bicycle Get your bicycle going and t...

Inertia on a bicycle Get your bicycle going and then apply the brakes rapidly. View the tendency of your body to stay in motion and pitch you over the handlebars. This is the r

Interference and Diffraction, What is the exact distinction between Diffra...

What is the exact distinction between Diffraction and Interference?

Strains are measured by strain gage elements, A rectangular rosette is moun...

A rectangular rosette is mounted on a test structure as shown, loads are applied, and the following strains are measured by strain gage elements 1, 2, and 3: ε 1 = 1500 μm/ m ε

What value must you use for the focal length f of the lens, Presume that yo...

Presume that you are asked to find the image position in a problem involving a lens. You are specified the object position and you are told that the lens is a concave lens whose fo

#Homework Problem.., An unknown material has a normal melting/freezing poin...

An unknown material has a normal melting/freezing point of -26.3° C, and the liquid phase has a specific heat capacity of 160 J/(kg · C°). One-tenth of a kilogram of the solid at -

Which term have a radian per second unit in physics, In physics, a radian p...

In physics, a radian per second is a unit of: a) Angular displacement b) Angular velocity c) Angular acceleration d) Angular momentum. Ans: A radian per

Poisson spot, Poisson spot (S.D. Poisson) Originally Poisson predicted...

Poisson spot (S.D. Poisson) Originally Poisson predicted the existence of such spot, and utilized the prediction to revel how the wave theory of light have to be in error to g

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd