Overcoming the Bradyon-Tachyon Barrier

TL;DR

This paper proposes a quantum theoretical framework using the Majorana equation and uncertainty principle to enable particles with small mass and high velocity to cross the infinite energy barrier between bradyonic and tachyonic realms, avoiding quantum field theory issues.

Contribution

It introduces a novel quantum approach that allows particles to bypass the infinite energy barrier separating bradyonic and tachyonic regions, addressing longstanding theoretical challenges.

Findings

Particles with small mass can quantum tunnel into the tachyonic realm.

Spatial confinement and quantum fluctuations facilitate crossing the barrier.

The approach avoids issues with imaginary rest mass in quantum field theory.

Abstract

In this study, the problem of overcoming the infinite energy barrier separating the bradyonic and tachyonic realms is investigated. Making use of the Majorana equation for particles with arbitrary spin and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, it is proved that, under certain conditions of spatial confinement, quantum fluctuations allow particles with very small mass and velocity close to the speed of light to pass in the tachyonic realm, avoiding the problem of the infinite barrier. This theoretical approach allows an avoidance of the difficulties encountered in quantum field theory when it is extended to particles with imaginary rest mass.