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Superluminal transformations in complex Minkowski spaces

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We calculate the mixing of real and imaginary components of space and time under the influence of superluminal boosts in thex direction. A unique mixing is determined for this superluminal Lorentz transformation when we consider the symmetry properties afforded by the inclusion of three temporal directions. Superluminal transformations in complex six-dimensional space exhibit unique tachyonic connections which have both remote and local space-time event connections.

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  1. Cardiology Division, Institute of Science Laboratory, The Children's Orthopedic Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington

    Ceon Ramon

  2. Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California

    Elizabeth A. Rauscher

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Supported in part by the Nuclear Science Division of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. W-7405-ENG-48.

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Ramon, C., Rauscher, E.A. Superluminal transformations in complex Minkowski spaces. Found Phys 10, 661–669 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00715047

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