Do tachyons produce an unacceptable gravitational field?

Foundations of Physics 19 (5):619-624 (1989)
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The geodesics and the curvature of a metric representing an isolated tachyon are investigated. It is argued that the properties are unphysical and inconsistent with observation, thus providing further evidence against the existence of tachyons

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How to recover causality in special relativity for tachyons.Erasmo Recami - 1978 - Foundations of Physics 8 (5-6):329-340.
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