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

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From: Malcolm McMahon
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:00

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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:12:09 -0500, Chris Wagner
<wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu> wrote:

>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.  

Not true at all. There's no reason why there shouldn't be other
massless particles. Neutrino's don't have any interest in
electromagnetic fields (except for a tiny magnetic moment). This makes
them fundamentally different from photons whether or not they have a
minute rest mass.

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From: malcolm@pigsty.demon.co.uk (Malcolm McMahon)
Subject: Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
Date: 1997/03/31
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