On the Necessity of Rational Velocities: a Gedankenexperiment
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-02-03 v2
Abstract
In the present contribution we propose a gedankenexperiment in which the restriction of rational values on the velocities emerges as a necessary condition from Classical Electromagnetism and Quantum Mechanics. This restriction is shown to be intimately connected to Dirac's electric charge quantization condition.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9307069,
title = {On the Necessity of Rational Velocities: a Gedankenexperiment},
author = {M. C. Nemes and Saulo C. S. Silva},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9307069},
year = {2008}
}
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4 pages IFUSP/P-1058