Timeline for How can muons travel faster than light through ice?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:39 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 20:07 | comment | added | zwol | I don't see that this addresses the OP's question at all. They are not asking why the speed of light in a medium isn't the ultimate speed limit in that medium. They are asking why muons, in particular, are not slowed down more than light is by electromagnetic interactions. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 17:32 | history | edited | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2016 at 21:16 | comment | added | Fattie | This sentence most directly answers the OP's question: "Only the speed of light in vacuum represent the cosmic speed limit." | |
| Mar 29, 2016 at 17:31 | history | edited | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 29, 2016 at 17:27 | comment | added | Señor O | +1 Good & valid points, but perhaps an exploration as to what it is that slows down light in ice and why that doesn't affect muons equally would address the original question more directly? | |
| Mar 29, 2016 at 14:41 | history | answered | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | CC BY-SA 3.0 |