Tunneling confronts special relativity

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9539-2zbMATH Open1230.83013arXiv1003.3944OpenAlexW1981040560WikidataQ56386825 ScholiaQ56386825MaRDI QIDQ649895FDOQ649895

Authors: Günter Nimtz 

Publication date: 25 November 2011

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Experiments with evanescent modes and tunneling particles have shown that i) their signal velocity may be faster than light, ii) they are described by virtual particles, iii) they are nonlocal and act at a distance, iv) experimental tunneling data of phonons, photons, and electrons display a universal scattering time at the tunneling barrier front, and v) the properties of evanescent, i.e. tunneling modes is not compatible with the special theory of relativity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.3944

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zbMATH Keywords

special relativitytunnelingfaster than lightsuperluminal signal velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Wave equation (35L05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05) Special relativity (83A05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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