Madarász, J.X., Székely, G. and Stannett, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-8614 (2014) On the Possibility and Consequences of Negative Mass. (Unpublished)
Abstract
We investigate the possibility and consequences of the existence of particles having negative relativistic masses, and show that their existence implies the existence of faster- than-light particles (tachyons). Our proof requires only two postulates concerning such particles: that it is possible for particles of any (positive, negative or zero) relativistic mass to collide inelastically with 'normal' (i.e. positive relativistic mass) particles, and that four-momentum is conserved in such collisions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s) |
Keywords: | gr-qc; gr-qc; math-ph; math.LO; math.MP |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2016 14:31 |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2016 14:31 |
Status: | Unpublished |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80593 |