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

Majority and minority charge carriers , Majority and minority charge carrie...

Majority and minority charge carriers  A pure semiconductor has equal number of holes and electrons. But an extrinsic semiconductor has majority charge carriers. When a tri

Motion , 4 dimenestional motion examples

4 dimenestional motion examples

Determine the x and y coordinates - vertical circle, A 0.500 kg stone attac...

A 0.500 kg stone attached to the end of a string is whirled in a vertical circle of radius 1,20 meters. The center of the vertical circle is 1.50 meters above the ground. When the

How a cph does stop or its speed decreases, How a CPH does stop or its spee...

How a CPH does stop or its speed decreases? Answer; it is a principle that Vc is stable thus that; gradV c =0 Thus, never V c increases or decreases.

What do you mean by length contraction, Q. What do you mean by Length Contr...

Q. What do you mean by Length Contraction? The length of any object in a moving frame will appear for shortened in the direction of motion. The amount of contraction can be cal

Optics.., construction and working of nicol prism

construction and working of nicol prism

Evaluate the final angular speed of the carousel, As seen from above, a pl...

As seen from above, a playground carousel is rotating counterclockwise about its center on frictionless bearings. A person standing still on the ground grabs onto one of the bars o

What do you mean by a zener diode, Illustrate the operation of NOT gate an...

Illustrate the operation of NOT gate and also provide its truth table. What do you mean by a Zener diode? Illustrate how it is used as voltage regulator.

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