In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:29:00 -0400: Hi, [snip] >They (apparently) oscillate, which, at least according to my limited and >rather primitive understanding of relativity theory, means time passes >for them, which suggests pretty strongly that their speed must be >subluminal. At C, 1/gamma=0 and the particle must remain immutable >between events, because its internal "clock" has stopped.
This makes me wonder how an ordinary photon manages to go through umpteen cycles between source and destination with a "stopped clock". :) [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>