Physics – General Physics
Scientific paper
2012-01-27
Physics
General Physics
30 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
Recent experiments by OPERA with high energy neutrinos, as well as astrophysics observation data, may possibly prove violations of underlying principles of special relativity theory. This paper attempts to present an elementary modification of relativistic mechanics that is consistent both with the principles of mechanics and with Dirac's approach to derivation of relativistic quantum equations. Our proposed hyper-relativistic model is based on modified dispersion relations between energy and momentum of a particle. Predictions of the new theory significantly differ from the standard model, as the former implies large Lorentz gamma-factors (ratio of particle energy to its mass). First of all, we study model relationships that describe hypothetical motion of superluminal neutrinos. Next, we analyze characteristics of Cherenkov radiation of photons and non-zero mass particles in vacuum. Afterwards, we derive generalized Lorentz transformations for a hyper-relativistic case, resulting in a radical change in the law of composition of velocities and particle kinematics. Finally, we study a hyper-relativistic version of Dirac equation and some of its properties. In present paper we attempted to use plain language to make it accessible not only to scientists but to undergraduate students as well.
Bogdanov Yu. A.
Bogdanov Yu. I.
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