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To address the inevitable complaint: There exists a concept called "effective mass", which can be negative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass_(solid
by ISL 9y ago
To address the inevitable complaint: There exists a concept called "effective mass", which can be negative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass_(solid-state_physics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass_(solid-state_ph...
- deepnotderp 9y agoYes, but "negative mass " evokes the idea of non-Baryonic exotic matter. It's a nontrivial difference since exotic matter has applications for things like Alcubierre drives.
- dTal 9y agoThank you for clarifying - my immediate reaction was "oh shit, do we have warp drives now?"