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A general local causality principle of space-time

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-06-07 v1

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, ckc_k, where the first one, c1=cc_1=c, 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 v<cv<c. 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 v<cv<c to the first superluminal regime and vice versa, making discrete changes in v2/c2v^2/c^2 around the unit in terms of a very tiny constant, ϵ2\epsilon^2, which we introduce to prevent the divergence of the Lorentz γ\gamma factor at the speed of light in vacuum.

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@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}
}

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2 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1405.5224

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