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Spinning tachyons as particle constituents
Phys. Rev. D 17, 640 – Published 15 January, 1978
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.17.640
Abstract
The motions of a classical free spinning point particle are extended to include the range of superluminal velocities. There is no formal change in the constraint-dependent functional relationship between observable mass and spin, i.e., trajectory, accompanying this extension. However, the theory now permits the specification, for superluminal velocities, of a linearly rising trajectory and naturally yields tachyon confinement. Therefore, unlike their subluminal counterparts, these tachyons can be considered candidates for elementary particle constituents.
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