[NatureNS] Faster than light ?

Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 23:07:37 -0300
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Key phrase:
"in water"
note: nothing exceeds the speed of light "in a vacuum".
water is a different medium in-which the propagation of photons is also 
different.
Google search:  cerenkov radiation. (Cherenkov Radiation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation


On 04/05/2014 6:00 PM, Hebda, Andrew J wrote:
> Any charged particle would have a mass greater than that of a photon, I would assume, so it would lose that race.  IMHO
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> Andrew
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> Dear All,                            May 4, 2014
>      In a 1981 Popular Science I noticed the following: "When protons in
> water decay, scientists believe, they produce electrically charged particles
> that travel faster than lights does."; presumably speed of light in water.
>      Has this been verified and are there other examples where light loses
> the race ?
> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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