Dynamics and scattering of a massless particle

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Abstract

We estimate the probability of a photon to move faster than light, under the Einstein dynamics which, unlike the wave equation or Maxwell wave dynamics, has singular dispersion relation at zero momentum. We show that this probability goes to zero with time, using propagation estimates suitably multi-scaled to control the contribution of low frequencies. We then prove minimal velocity bounds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1043-1086
Number of pages44
JournalJournal of Functional Analysis
Volume271
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Analysis

Keywords

  • Photon dynamics
  • Propagation estimates

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