Re: complex mass travelling beyond c?
From: Helmut Wabnig (no email)
Date: 03/25/05
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Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 08:15:09 +0100
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 20:57:38 +0000 (UTC),
glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu (Gregory L. Hansen) wrote:
>In article <1111663140.408390.224960@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
>Scottie <whatishiggs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>I heard it said that nothing can travel faster than light
>>except if it has complex mass. What is meant by complex
>>mass?? What are its properties??
>>
>>Scottie
>>
>
>
>Relativistic momentum is p=mv/sqrt(1-v^2/c^2). If v>c, then
>
> p = -i m v / sqrt(v^2/c^2 - 1)
>
>If m = i*|m|, them p=|m|v/sqrt(v^2/c^2-1) and the momentum remains
>real.
>
>I don't know what physical interpretation can be given to a complex mass.
Hmm....
Whenever that number i (or j) appears in equations,
it tells us, something is oscillating.
We need another Carl Friedrich Gauss :-)
w.
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