1 Implications of “C” “Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein “Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein.

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1 Implications of “C” “Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein “Imagination is more important than knowledge” Albert Einstein

2 Implications of “c” 1.What does the upper limit on “c” mean? 2.Is there anything faster than “c”? 3.Has “c” always been *10^8m/s? 4.VSL (Variable Speed of Light Theory) 1.What does the upper limit on “c” mean? 2.Is there anything faster than “c”? 3.Has “c” always been *10^8m/s? 4.VSL (Variable Speed of Light Theory)

3 Einstein’s Dream Cows

4 Einstein’s Dream Cows

5 TimeTime t (years) velocity

6 TimeTime Time: It is not an object but a measure. Can you imagine a situation in which time halts to a standstill and then restarts? The flick would come from something that actually couldn't act, for it would also be still. Time: It is not an object but a measure. Can you imagine a situation in which time halts to a standstill and then restarts? The flick would come from something that actually couldn't act, for it would also be still.

7 Two approaching particles Phase velocity particle velocity θ ≈ 0 V 1 =2.99e+8 m/s

8 massmass Relativistic mass

9 TimeTime One of the consequences of this Special Relativity is the light speed barrier. Here’s another way to look at it. To move faster, you add energy. But when you get going near the speed of light, the amount of energy you need to go faster balloons to infinity! To move a mass at the speed of light would take infinite energy. It appears that there is a distinct barrier here.

10 massmass Relativistic mass

11 TachyonsTachyons

12 TachyonsTachyons While many believe that the existence of particles with superluminal velocities (FTL, or Faster-Than-Light velocities) is precluded by relativity, this is not the case if the particle is created with a velocity already exceeding the velocity of light. Tachyons are a putative class of particles which are able to travel faster than the speed of light. Tachyons were first proposed by the physicist Arnold Sommerfeld, and named by Gerald Feinberg. The word tachyon derives from the Greek (tachus), meaning "speedy." Tachyons have the strange properties that, when they lose energy, they gain speed. Consequently, when tachyons gain energy, they slow down. The slowest speed possible for tachyons is the speed of light.

13 Tachyons and Cherenkov Radiation You can deduce many interesting properties of tachyons. For example, they accelerate (p goes up) if they lose energy (E goes down). Furthermore, a zero- energy tachyon is "transcendent," or infinitely fast. This has profound consequences. For example, let's say that there were electrically charged tachyons. Since they would move faster than the speed of light in the vacuum, they should produce Cherenkov radiation. This would lower their energy, causing them to accelerate more!

14 TachyonsTachyons

15 Light Barrier Hadron colliders (e.g. LHC) are in principle the safest way to possibly produce super-luminal particles (from CERN Courier) Ever since the sound barrier was broken, people have been asking: "Why can’t we break the light speed barrier too, what’s the big difference?" It is too soon to tell if the light barrier can be broken, but one thing is certain -- it’s a wholly different problem than breaking the sound barrier. The sound barrier was broken by an object that was made of matter, not sound. The atoms and molecules that make up matter are connected by electromagnetic fields, the same stuff that light is made of. In the case of the light speed barrier, the thing that’s trying to break the barrier is made up of the same stuff as the barrier itself. How can an object travel faster than that which links its atoms? NASA John H. Glenn Research Center Ever since the sound barrier was broken, people have been asking: "Why can’t we break the light speed barrier too, what’s the big difference?" It is too soon to tell if the light barrier can be broken, but one thing is certain -- it’s a wholly different problem than breaking the sound barrier. The sound barrier was broken by an object that was made of matter, not sound. The atoms and molecules that make up matter are connected by electromagnetic fields, the same stuff that light is made of. In the case of the light speed barrier, the thing that’s trying to break the barrier is made up of the same stuff as the barrier itself. How can an object travel faster than that which links its atoms? NASA John H. Glenn Research Center

16 Variable Speed of Light (VSL) “One of Albert Einstein's fundamental insights was that the speed of light, known as c, is a constant for all things, no matter how fast they move. But what if Einstein missed something? Some theorists and astronomers suspect that c varies and that they may be able to detect subtle shifts in its value.” Joao Magueijo “One of Albert Einstein's fundamental insights was that the speed of light, known as c, is a constant for all things, no matter how fast they move. But what if Einstein missed something? Some theorists and astronomers suspect that c varies and that they may be able to detect subtle shifts in its value.” Joao Magueijo Redshifts Cosmic Rays Black Holes… Redshifts Cosmic Rays Black Holes…

17 VSL and the Fine Structure Constant ( VSL and the Fine Structure Constant ( α) All About Alpha: A team of astronomers led by John K. Webb at Australia's University of New South Wales has studied light emitted by distant quasars 10 billion years ago. On its journey toward Earth, the light passed through clouds of atoms of various elements. Each of those elements absorbs certain frequencies of light, which are determined by a constant of nature called α, or the fine-structure constant. The light that is not absorbed continues on its way. Measurements of that light suggest that α has actually grown by percent over many billions of years. Since α depends on the speed of light, a slight change in light's velocity may explain that growth. However, many astrophysicists regard the findings with considerable skepticism

18 VSLVSL Race Across Space: Some theories that postulate a variable speed of light suggest that the value of c depends on the frequency of the radiation. A satellite mission planned for 2006 will test that hypothesis. Named the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, it will collect light coming from so-called gamma-ray bursts, the most extreme explosions known in the cosmos. Astrophysicists will be able to measure how long it takes different frequencies of light from those explosions to reach Earth. If higher frequencies of light move slightly faster than lower frequencies, and they race across space for billions of years, then the mismatch should become noticeable by the time they hit the satellite telescope.

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20 VSLVSL Too Much Energy: The most energetic known particles in the universe are enigmatic cosmic rays that pelt Earth with a punch exceeding electron volts. But according to Einstein's theory of special relativity, such cosmic rays should not be able to travel far through space before they smack into other radiation and lose some energy. So far, nobody has been able to explain such energetic cosmic rays. One possible answer is that the speed of light increases as particles near an absolute energy limit. A vast experiment going on in the Pampas of Argentina (Auger) may help solve the mystery. Spread out over an area the size of Rhode Island, a network of detectors is designed to catch enough of the rare high-energy rays to help scientists determine where they formed and how. If they come from cosmic distances, then Einstein's theory of light may need some correction. The cosmic rays may, however, hail from our stellar neighborhood, a genesis that would require no changes to the speed of light.

21 ConclusionConclusion 1.Keep an open mind 2.Keep the door closed. 3.Have a Merry Christmas 1.Keep an open mind 2.Keep the door closed. 3.Have a Merry Christmas