Tachyons in Relativistic Theory
In special relativity, a faster than light particle would have space-like four-momentum, in contrast to ordinary particles that have time-like four-momentum. It would also have imaginary mass. Being constrained to the spacelike portion of the energy-momentum graph, it could not slow down to subluminal speeds.
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