On the "Non-Restricted special Relativity" theory (NRR), and further comments on "Cherenkov vs X-waves"

TL;DR

This paper reviews the principles of Non-Restricted Special Relativity and extended Maxwell equations, compares Cherenkov radiation with X-shaped waves, and discusses recent comments and distinctions within non-diffracting wave phenomena.

Contribution

It clarifies the foundational aspects of NRR and extended Maxwell equations, and offers insights into the differences between Cherenkov radiation and X-shaped localized waves.

Findings

NRR extends special relativity to include superluminal phenomena

X-shaped waves are a type of non-diffracting localized wave

Cherenkov radiation differs fundamentally from X-shaped waves

Abstract

Our aim in this paper is to recall some essential points of "Extended special Relativity", now more correctly called "Non-Restricted special Relativity" theory (NRR), and in particular of the extended Maxwell Equations; as well as to set forth some further comments on the basic differences between Cherenkov Radiation and the so-called X-shaped Waves, met within the more recent realm of the Non-diffracting Waves (also known as Localized Waves). The occasion is furnished by some very recent Seshadri's comments[1] on a previous article of ours, titled "Cherenkov radiation versus X-shaped localized waves" (see[2], and arXiv:0807.4301[physics.optics]), and not less on NRR itself. OCIS codes: 320.5550; 350.7420; 070.7345; 350.5500; 070.0070; 100.7410; 050.050; 000.1600; 000.2690; 000.6800; 250.5530; 260.0260. PACS nos.: 41.60.Bq; 03.50.De; 03.30.+p; 41.20;Jb; 04.30.Db; 42.25.-p; 42.25.Fx; 47.35.Rs. Keywords: Non-diffracing Waves; Localized Waves; Cherenkov radiation; X-shaped waves; Wave equations; Bessel beams; Superluminal pulses; Maxwell equations; Special Relativity; Non-restricted Special Relativity; Extended special Relativity; Lorentz transformations; Superluminal point-charges.