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30 On the Causality Problem: Particle–Tachyon Collisions
Fig. 30.3 The confession
According to our above calculations on the collision between particles and
tachyons, we can only agree to this evaluation if all tachyon energy transfers covered
by the energy–momentum conservation can be ruled out using the governing physical
equations. We therefore must be certain that inelastic collisions using tachyons, as
discussed by us according to Eq. (467) with the result (469), are ruled out. We have
seen, using the sine-Gordon equation, how this can be realised when based on the
non-linearity of equations. We will therefore presuppose, that the totality of physical equations, which must fulfil all occurring interactions, exclude any possibility
of non-causal action using tachyons. The acquittal of both Dr Fast and WackerMr
Wacker are established facts.
Our detective story now takes a turn. Dr Fast, now, an old man on his deathbed,
makes a confession to a priest, see Fig. 30.3, and admits murdering the lawyer Mr
Stus.
What really happened back then? Dr Fast and his assistant Mr Wacker were both
charged of a murder using a tachyon machine and were both sentenced to long-term
prison based on circumstantial evidence, even though they in fact had nothing to
do with the murder. Dr Fast knew that his assistant, Mr Wacker, was going to be
released from prison at the same time, and he knew that Wacker would immediately
aim his tachyon machine at Mr Stus. Dr Fast also knew that Wacker would not be
able to do any damage at all. Those tachyons would not be able to ‘damage’ anything
30 On the Causality Problem: Particle–Tachyon Collisions
Fig. 30.3 The confession
According to our above calculations on the collision between particles and
tachyons, we can only agree to this evaluation if all tachyon energy transfers covered
by the energy–momentum conservation can be ruled out using the governing physical
equations. We therefore must be certain that inelastic collisions using tachyons, as
discussed by us according to Eq. (467) with the result (469), are ruled out. We have
seen, using the sine-Gordon equation, how this can be realised when based on the
non-linearity of equations. We will therefore presuppose, that the totality of physical equations, which must fulfil all occurring interactions, exclude any possibility
of non-causal action using tachyons. The acquittal of both Dr Fast and WackerMr
Wacker are established facts.
Our detective story now takes a turn. Dr Fast, now, an old man on his deathbed,
makes a confession to a priest, see Fig. 30.3, and admits murdering the lawyer Mr
Stus.
What really happened back then? Dr Fast and his assistant Mr Wacker were both
charged of a murder using a tachyon machine and were both sentenced to long-term
prison based on circumstantial evidence, even though they in fact had nothing to
do with the murder. Dr Fast knew that his assistant, Mr Wacker, was going to be
released from prison at the same time, and he knew that Wacker would immediately
aim his tachyon machine at Mr Stus. Dr Fast also knew that Wacker would not be
able to do any damage at all. Those tachyons would not be able to ‘damage’ anything