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That's exactly the kind of question a curious physics student would ask. This might be what you're looking for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyonic_field ht
by alecst 5y ago
That's exactly the kind of question a curious physics student would ask. This might be what you're looking for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyonic_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyonic_field
> In physics, a tachyonic field, or simply tachyon, is a quantum field with an imaginary mass.
- henriquecm8 5y agoI hear the word Tachyon so much in science fiction that I was under the impression it was a sci-fi word.
- Someone 5y agoIt almost is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon#History: The term tachyon was coined by Gerald Feinberg in a 1967 paper titled "Possibility of faster-than-light particles". He had been inspired by the science-fiction story "Beep" by James Blish.“ I don’t think “Beep” introduced the word, though (https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-02 https://archive.org/details/galaxymagazine-1954-02)