" superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes. Such apparent " superluminal" motion has been seen before in high-speed jets of material squirted out by some black holes. VNM: I had come across the word " superluminal" in one of Julian May's novels - I don't think I'd run across it before - and she was cool with my using it for a title, so I did. .shifting and blue shifting describe the effects of gravity on electromagnetic radiation describe superluminal expansion and define occulta- tion. Note 417(5) defines the work integral of the force ofm space, or 'vacuum force, and gives an outline of how the force ofm space can account for the Lamb shift. I will second that so called superluminal expansion, such as in inflationary cosmology, does not mean things travelling faster than light. defines the condition for the transfer of an infinite peak of potential energy from m space to kinetic energy in material matter. This model, called the superluminal model of pulsars, was described by Singleton and colleague Andrea Schmidt as solving many unanswered issues about pulsars.įaster-Than-Light Pulsar Phenomena | Universe Today Unprecedented Eruption Catches Astronomers By Surprise | Universe Today UPDATE- since the following article was posted in September 2011, new data appears to indicate that neutrinos have not measured speeds in excess of the speed of light. Therefore, to avoid these dificulties it is important to provide an appropriate definition of superluminal travel. M.A.Padmanabha Rao, Discovery of superluminal velocities of X-rays and Bharat Radiation challenging the validity of Einstein’s formula E mc2, IOSR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSRJAP. Faster than light travel In the context of this article, FTL is transmitting information or matter faster than c, a constant equal to the speed of light in a vacuum, 299,792,458 meters per second, or about 186,282 miles per second. Now that the dust has settled on the 2011 superluminal neutrino debacle at OPERA, Im interested in understanding the current status of experimental searches for tachyons.Although the OPERA claim was a fun puzzle for theorists trying to find explanations, the claimed scenario wasnt anything like our current best guess as to what to look for in a search for tachyons. It is difficult to define faster-than-light travel in generic space-times, and one can construct metrics which apparently allow superluminal travel, but are in fact flat Minkowski space-times. Monitoring of this star by both amateurs and professionals for signs of a high velocity or ' superluminal'-expanding nebulalight-echo would seem to be in order. Fictional depictions of superluminal travel and the mechanisms of achieving it are also a staple of the science fiction genre. Delivering a message directly as a command or order, unlike subliminal messaging, which delivers them indirectly or without the receivers knowledge. The term superluminal is unfortunate, and to be honest I cringe a bit when ever I hear the word.