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Volume 16: Pages 254-258, 2003
Superluminality Paradox in Special Relativity
Jürgen Parisi 1, Otto E. Rössler 2
1Faculty of Physics, Department of Energy and Semiconductor Research, University of Oldenburg, D‐26111 Oldenburg, Germany
2Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Division of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, D‐72076 Tübingen, Germany
Special relativity is shown to entail superluminality in a special case. Whenever the velocity of light in vacuum appears reduced from an outside vantage point due to the presence of an acceleration field, it is possible to violate the universal local speed limit c through filing a message through the high‐c region. This finding amounts to an inconsistency in special relativity that needs repair.
Keywords: special relativity, superluminal velocity, counterfactual telegraph
Received: December 17, 2002; Published online: December 15, 2008
