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Superluminal radiation by uniformly moving charges

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  • Tomaschitz, Roman

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The emission of superluminal quanta (tachyons) by freely propagating particles is scrutinized. Estimates are derived for spontaneous superluminal radiation from electrons moving close to the speed of the Galaxy in the microwave background. This is the threshold velocity for tachyon radiation to occur, a lower bound. Quantitative estimates are also given for the opposite limit, tachyon radiation emitted by ultra-relativistic electrons in linear colliders and supernova shock waves. The superluminal energy flux is studied and the spectral energy density of the radiation is derived, classically as well as in second quantization. There is a transversal bosonic and a longitudinal fermionic component of the radiation. We calculate the power radiated, its angular dependence, the mean energy of the radiated quanta, absorption and emission rates, as well as tachyonic number counts. We explain how the symmetry of the Einstein A-coefficients connects to time-symmetric wave propagation and to the Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory. A relation between the tachyon mass and the velocity of the Local Group of galaxies is suggested.

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  • Tomaschitz, Roman, 2003. "Superluminal radiation by uniformly moving charges," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 320(C), pages 329-356.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:320:y:2003:i:c:p:329-356
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01542-X
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