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Article #8316Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
From: Chris Muffett
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
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meron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>
> In article <333F75B4.78BC@ozemail.com.au>, Chris Muffett <cmuffett@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> >
> > Now the photon and the 3 neutrinos have markedly different
> >properties. Photons have an intrinsic spin of 1, which means they behave
> >as bosons. Neutrinos have spin of 1/2, meaning they are fermions,
> >although they interact very weakly with other particles. This is why
> >they can disobey the speed limit of light.
> >
> They don't disobey any limit. Where did you take this from?
>
> Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
> meron@cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
Mati,
My apologies, the point I was trying to make was expressed rather
poorly. You are correct in asserting that neutrinos cannot travel faster
than the speed of light in a vacuum, but they CAN break the speed of
light when passing through dense material. You must remember that the
speed of light (the speed at which photons travel) will vary depending
on the material's refractive index. Hence the neutrino can break the
'local' speed of light (which is less than 1.0c) but can never break the
speed of light in a vacuum (which is equal to 1.0c).
I hope this has cleared things up.
Regards,
Chris.
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