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Jarwulf
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I was reading Baez's FAQ at http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SpeedOfLight/FTL.html#17" and I came across this nugget
Except for gravity, all physical phenomena are observed to comply with the "Standard Model" of particle physics. The Standard Model is a relativistic quantum field theory which incorporates the nuclear and electromagnetic forces as well as all the observed particles. In this theory, any pair of operators corresponding to physical observables at space-time events separated by a spacelike interval "commute" (i.e. their order can be reversed). In principle, this implies that effects cannot propagate faster than light in the standard model, and it can be regarded as the quantum field theory equivalent of the infinite energy argument.
Alright I understand that 3+2 = 2+3 but I don't get how that translates into an infinite energy prohibition on FTL.
Except for gravity, all physical phenomena are observed to comply with the "Standard Model" of particle physics. The Standard Model is a relativistic quantum field theory which incorporates the nuclear and electromagnetic forces as well as all the observed particles. In this theory, any pair of operators corresponding to physical observables at space-time events separated by a spacelike interval "commute" (i.e. their order can be reversed). In principle, this implies that effects cannot propagate faster than light in the standard model, and it can be regarded as the quantum field theory equivalent of the infinite energy argument.
Alright I understand that 3+2 = 2+3 but I don't get how that translates into an infinite energy prohibition on FTL.
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