Faster than Light Speed
Seminar on 2 Bangladeshis' findings today
A two-day international seminar presenting the theoretical interpretation on the ability of neutrinos or sub-atomic particles to travel faster than light begins at Rajshahi University (RU) today.
Much of modern physics depends on the idea that nothing can exceed the speed of light, which was laid out in part by Albert Einstein in his theory of special relativity.
On September 23, 2011, Cern, the world's largest physics lab, published its experiment results showing that neutrino particles move 60 billionths of a second faster than what they would have done if travelling at the speed of light, says a BBC report.
Two former RU physicists, who claimed to have predicted this ability of neutrinos in 2001, will present ten papers at the seminar, being organised by RU and The Daily Star at the Senate Bhaban.
The papers will disclose issues related to the theory of special relativity and views developed in the past and introduce Reciprocal Symmetry, a new concept alternative to the relativity theory.
One of the physicists, M Osman Gani Talukder, said the new concept would complete Einstein's theory through the inclusion of three more equations and a number of fundamental constants.
He said the new theories would expand and widen the scope to use the relativity theory rather than undermine modern physics, which is being apprehended worldwide.
The other physicist, Dr Mushfiq Ahmad Choudhury, will be present at the seminar alongside around 350 others, including five from Germany and India, while an Australian physicist, Philip Jennings, will be on video conference.
RU Vice Chancellor Prof M Abdus Sobhan will chair the first day's session while a German physicist, Prof H Baerwolff, will chair the second.
The seminar will be broadcast live at www.ru.ac.bd/issr-12/index.php from 10:00am, said chairman of applied physics and electronic engineering department, Prof Abu Bakar M Ismail.
Barendra University Trust, Brac Bank Limited and local lawmakers, Enamul Haque, Abdul Wadud Dara and Shahriar Alam, are sponsoring the seminar.
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