I am no physicists, but from what I understand it truly does not travel
faster than light.

According to one report, there is a "non-visible" spur of sort just ahead of
the pulse being sent.

This spur impacts the "medium" before the main body of the pulse.
The spur then collapse to form what appears to be a duplicate of the
original pulse,
while the original pulse (following the "spur") is dissipated by the medium.

So, it appears that the pulse exits the medium before it impacts it,
but in actuality it does not.

Has anyone heard a different explanation?

mc

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Phillips [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:34 AM
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Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Faster Than Light?


I found this interesting news story:

Clarifying Einstein's rules of the road

Physicists clear up misconceptions about 'faster than light' transmission

By Alan Boyle
MSNBC

July 19 -  Can anything break the cosmic speed limit of 186,000 miles per
second? For weeks, scientific circles have been buzzing about an experiment
that pulsed light through a special chamber so fast that it left the
apparatus before it fully entered it. Now the research has been released at
last, and the experimenters say their findings contradict no laws of
physics - just the misconceptions people have about them.

at:

http://msnbc.com/news/435007.asp


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