A general local causality principle of space-time
Abstract
We propose a generalisation of the local causality principle of space-time, asserting that it holds for all regimes of motion, including superluminal motions. It assumes the existence of a countably infinite set of metrical null cone speeds, , where the first one, , corresponds to the speed of light in vacuum. Our associated space-time measures do not diverge at the maximum speed of each interval of speeds and implies a generalisation of Einstein's rule for velocities addition. We construct a causal structure for each regime of motion. After introducing a simple dynamical measure, we derive an expression for the energy of material particles, which approaches the relativistic one when . An experiment to energise photons in an 1-1 process is proposed as a test of our interpretation of the non divergence at the speed of light of present space-time measures. We discuss also the possible transition of a material particle from the subluminal regime to the first superluminal regime and vice versa, making discrete changes in around the unit in terms of a very tiny constant, , which we introduce to prevent the divergence of the Lorentz factor at the speed of light in vacuum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1906.02368,
title = {A general local causality principle of space-time},
author = {Benjamin Calvo-Mozo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.02368},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1405.5224