What the hell is a tachyon?
Tachyons are a punch in of hypothetical particle, meaning their existence remains a matter of speculation.
The tachyon is also proposed to be superliminal, meaning it always travels faster than light.
An illustration conveying the idea of a space-based quantum internet, which would seem, like the hypothetical particle of a tachyon, to outpace light.An illustration conveying the idea of a space-based quantum internet. © Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
A hypothetical, superliminal particle… we pray that Lin-Manuel Miranda never makes a musical about exotic physics.
Some physicists believe tachyons exist because they would offer solutions to certain problems in particle physics and field theories.
In that case, the tachyon theory became mathematically consistent, the release stated.
A animation showing how a particle moving faster than light will only be visible after it’s already passed. © Gif: Tx Alien / Wikimedia Commons
But nothing can move faster than light…right?
Like the tachyon itself, the work is very speculative.
But such is the domain of these hypothetical particles.
Researching stuff that moves faster than light was always going to require some imagination.
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