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This is pure conjecture but I was thinking about it and wanted to ask people who know more about tachyons than I do:
In a vacuum:
Particles with mass can only travel with v < c
Mass-less particles can only travel with v = c
Tachyons can only travel with v > c
If you refract light by passing it through a medium with a refractive index > 1 it slows down. I have heard of experiments where light is slowed to virtually a complete stand still, so my question is this:
What would happen if you can slow a tachyon down to the speed of light? Would it give up its energy and instantaneously create mass-less particles? Or does that violate the laws of physics? If it did could you use that result to detect tachyons?
In a vacuum:
Particles with mass can only travel with v < c
Mass-less particles can only travel with v = c
Tachyons can only travel with v > c
If you refract light by passing it through a medium with a refractive index > 1 it slows down. I have heard of experiments where light is slowed to virtually a complete stand still, so my question is this:
What would happen if you can slow a tachyon down to the speed of light? Would it give up its energy and instantaneously create mass-less particles? Or does that violate the laws of physics? If it did could you use that result to detect tachyons?