On the Possibility and Consequences of Negative Mass
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-07-24 v1 Mathematical Physics
Logic
math.MP
Abstract
We investigate the possibility and consequences of the existence of particles having negative relativistic masses, and show that their existence implies the existence of faster- than-light particles (tachyons). Our proof requires only two postulates concerning such particles: that it is possible for particles of any (positive, negative or zero) relativistic mass to collide inelastically with 'normal' (i.e. positive relativistic mass) particles, and that four-momentum is conserved in such collisions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1407.6047,
title = {On the Possibility and Consequences of Negative Mass},
author = {J. X. Madarász and G. Székely and M. Stannett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.6047},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
8 pages, 5 figures