Launching of Non-Dispersive Superluminal Beams
| dc.creator | Barashenkov, V. S. | |
| dc.creator | Rodrigues Jr, W. A. | |
| dc.date | 1997-10-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:55:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:55:56Z | |
| dc.description | In this paper we analyze the physical meaning of sub- and superluminal soliton-like solutions (as the X-waves) of the relativistic wave equations and of some non-trivial solutions of the free Schrödinger equation for which the concepts of phase and group velocities have a different meaning than in the case of plane wave solutions. If we accept the strict validity of the principle of relativity, such solutions describe objects of two essentially different natures: carrying energy wave packets and inertia-free properly phase vibrations. Speeds of the first-type objects can exceed the plane wave velocity $c_*$ only inside media and are always less than the vacuum light speed $c$. Particularly, very fast sound pulses with speeds $c_* < v < c$ have already been launched. The second-type objects are incapable of carrying energy and information but have superluminal speed. If we admit the possibility of a breakdown of Lorentz invariance, pulses described, for example, by superluminal solutions of the Maxwell equations can be generated. Only experiment will give the final answer. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, standard Latex article | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9710025 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9710025 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/87424 | |
| dc.subject | Classical Physics | |
| dc.title | Launching of Non-Dispersive Superluminal Beams | |
| dc.type | text |