Tachyons and Relativity

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Kurzbeschreibung (VLB): As 'Faster-Than-Light Particles' G. Feinberg introduced tachyons in 1967. The characteristic quantity for tachyons is their momentum parameter instead of the rest mass of particles. We point out the difference between the terms correlation and interaction. We find tachyons as solutions of the sine-Gordon equation over a lattice structure, what was first done by G. Eilenberger 1981. We investigate collision processes with tachyons and discuss hypothetical consequences concerning particle creation and dark energy. We demonstrate how the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox can be explained using instantaneous zero-energy tachyons and thus give a model for Zeilinger's teleportation of 1997.

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Born 1940 in Bochum. 1963 diploma in physics at the Humboldt-University Berlin. 1966 and 1972 first and second doctor's degree. 1972-1982 lectures on Theoretical Physics at the Humboldt-University Berlin. Academic Positions: 1963-1969 Institut f. Reine Mathematik, Dt. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1969-1982 Zentralinstitut f. Astrophysik, Potsdam-Babelsberg. 1982-1986 Einstein-Laboratorium f. Theoretische Physik, Potsdam-Babelsberg. 1987-1989 Max-Planck-Institut f. Metallforschung, Stuttgart. 1989-1990 Institut f. Theoretische und Angewandte Physik der Universität Stuttgart. 1990-2005 Professor for Mathematics and Physics at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld.

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