To: 2ndDivisionVet
The epitome of this effect is the propagation of a plane wave, at or near the speed of light, at a slightly oblique angle to a surface.
The point of detection of this wave will propagate at a speed faster than the speed of light, and in the limit will be observed simultaneously along an arbitrary length.
This is a set piece in the elementary exposition of relativity theory, so don’t get excited!
2 posted on
09/02/2017 12:14:49 AM PDT by
dr_lew
(I)
To: dr_lew
11 posted on
09/02/2017 3:35:05 AM PDT by
Wu
(Excuse me while I kiss the sky......)
To: dr_lew
The epitome of this effect is the propagation of a plane wave, at or near the speed of light, at a slightly oblique angle to a surface. Exactly and as those two surfaces are bought together compressing the plane wave, the speed of the sound is heightened far exceeding the speed of sound and the Road Runner but never the Waskally Wabbit.
14 posted on
09/02/2017 4:11:02 AM PDT by
eartick
(Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
To: dr_lew
So what is this bit about making light pulses travel backward?
15 posted on
09/02/2017 4:32:48 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: dr_lew
Just to give some background on how not news this is, this effect was mentioned in the printed text for my Navy electronics school in the module on waveguides. This was in 1982.
29 posted on
09/02/2017 8:50:14 AM PDT by
ComradeBork
(Consistency is the hobgoblin...)
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