Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!

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From: meron
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In article <333F1D79.471F@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, Chris Wagner <wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu> writes:
>James Grady Ward wrote:
>> >     It is interesting to note that neutrino's travel at 1.0c
>> > irrespective of the material, and so break the local speed of light. The
>> > particle will emit an EM radiation known as Cerenkov Radiation.
>> 
>> it has not been verified yet if neutrinos are actually massless yet,
>> but if they are yes they would travel at c through just about anything.
>
>If neutrinos were massless then they'ld be photons.

No, why?  Photons are mssless, that doesn't mean that all that's 
massless is a photon.  The neutrino has quite different properties 
than a photon.

Comment on what the previous poster wrote:  The neutrino emits no 
Cherenkov radiation since it carries no charge.

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From: meron@cars3.uchicago.edu
Subject: Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
Date: 1997/03/31
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