Evidence supporting the existense of tachyons?

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In summary: There is currently no scientific evidence to support the existence of tachyons, though it is possible they may exist.
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Is there any evidence supporting the existense of tachyons? Or is it all theory?
 
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Not a shred of evidence.

- Warren
 
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No evidence currently exists, yet is open to new discoveries as may be found.
 
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No evidence - pure theory of time and c

Bookworm,

The beauty of mathematics and physics is that they sometimes allow us to predict things before they are observed.

The theory of the tachyon is based on your definition or perception of the dimension we call time and its relationship to c.

Nothing can travel faster than the speed of light unless it’s never traveled any slower. To travel faster than the speed of light would require traveling backward in time, a particle, call a tachyon.

Or is a tachyon a single anti-photon quantum tunnelling through time, who knows?

There is no scientific evidence supporting the existence of the tachyon, it is all based on your option of the pure theory, on which it is based apon.

Reality is more bizarre than fiction!

Then you have to explain all the facts.

I hope that has answered your question about the tachyon theorem.
 
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I think you mean, Terry, that there is no empirical evidence, not there is no scientific evidence.

And things may travel faster than the speed of light, and slow down and everything. Here's an example by a well known relativist:

suppose we have a sufficiently long pair of scissors that we shut. Then the speed at which the point where the blades first meet may travel towards the end of the blades at faster than the speed of light, physical constraints of building and shutting the things excepted. There is no "information transmitted" to violate any inertial frame arguments etc.
 
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If tachyons do exist, should we not have found them some time before we started looking? :wink:
 
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That depends on your definition of antimatter

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If tachyons do exist, should we not have found them some time before we started looking? :wink:

Lurch, that's the best quote I heard a tachyon ago.

Which depends of course on everyone's definition of what antimatter is?

And what a tachyon is? - If you have the time?
 

1. What is a tachyon?

A tachyon is a hypothetical particle that travels faster than the speed of light. It was first proposed by physicist Arnold Sommerfeld in 1904 and has been explored in various theories, including special relativity and quantum mechanics.

2. How do we know tachyons exist?

While there is currently no conclusive evidence for the existence of tachyons, there have been several theoretical and experimental studies that suggest their existence. These include mathematical equations in special relativity, observations in quantum field theory, and experiments with particle accelerators.

3. What are the implications of tachyon existence?

If tachyons do exist, it would fundamentally change our understanding of the universe. It would challenge the foundations of special relativity and open up new possibilities for time travel and communication between different points in space.

4. Can tachyons be detected?

Due to their hypothetical nature and extremely high speed, it is currently impossible to directly detect tachyons. However, scientists continue to search for indirect evidence through experiments and observations in the field of high-energy physics.

5. Are there any practical applications of tachyons?

If tachyons do exist, they could potentially have practical applications in fields such as communication, transportation, and energy. However, their existence and properties would need to be further studied and understood before any practical applications can be developed.

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