An approach for modeling tachyons with gravitation

@article{Schwartz2019AnAF,
  title={An approach for modeling tachyons with gravitation},
  author={Charles Schwartz},
  journal={International Journal of Modern Physics A},
  year={2019}
}
  • C. Schwartz
  • Published 10 February 2019
  • Physics
  • International Journal of Modern Physics A
This work expands previous efforts, within the classical theories of Special and General Relativity, to include tachyons (faster-than-light particles) along with ordinary (slower-than-light) particles at any energy. The objective here is to construct a Hamiltonian that includes both the particles and the gravitational field that they produce. We do this with a linear approximation for the Einstein field equations; and we also assume a time-independent gravitational metric implied by a static… 
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