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In many time travel tales a color is involved, for example, in Goddard take the clouds are yellow, and in several tales the color is BLUE.
I just thought of this tonight. Most people have heard the theory that says anything traveling faster than light (FTL) will go back in time. But what if you don't need to travel at superluminal speeds!? What if you (or a signal?) "only" need to travel at FTL for that medium?
Example:
Cherenkov radiation
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Cherenkov radiation glowing in the core of the Advanced Test Reactor.
Cherenkov radiation (pronunciation: /tʃɛrɛnˈkɔv/) is an electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that medium. The characteristic blue glow of an underwater nuclear reactor is due to Cherenkov radiation.
We see the classic (or one of them) "TT" sign - BLUE LIGHT - CREATED because something was traveling faster than LIGHT in that medium.
How can we use this?
I'm not sure yet - I just got a "you're thinking too hard" headache.
-T
I just thought of this tonight. Most people have heard the theory that says anything traveling faster than light (FTL) will go back in time. But what if you don't need to travel at superluminal speeds!? What if you (or a signal?) "only" need to travel at FTL for that medium?
Example:
Cherenkov radiation
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigationJump to search
Cherenkov radiation glowing in the core of the Advanced Test Reactor.
Cherenkov radiation (pronunciation: /tʃɛrɛnˈkɔv/) is an electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron) passes through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the phase velocity of light in that medium. The characteristic blue glow of an underwater nuclear reactor is due to Cherenkov radiation.
We see the classic (or one of them) "TT" sign - BLUE LIGHT - CREATED because something was traveling faster than LIGHT in that medium.
How can we use this?
I'm not sure yet - I just got a "you're thinking too hard" headache.
-T