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Old February 28th, 2001, 09:51 PM
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Default Re: Theoretical Physics [OT thread]

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Originally posted by a philistine:
Actually, I think the experiment did not have a particle traveling FTL, but instead it was a wavefront which was "traveling" FTL (e.g. the peak or trough of a wave) which does not violate the ligtspeed "speed limit", there being a number of similar types of occurences which can travel FTL, but all are equally incapable of delivering information.

I think this article discusses the experiment you were talking about:
http://www.nytimes.com/library/natio...ics-light.html

--A Philistine



I couldn't get to the article (not willing to register with NY Times from my work computer), but you could be right about the wavefront moving FTL, not a particle. It's been a while since I read the article...
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