Talk:Bradyon

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 13 October, 2006. The result of the discussion was Keep.

[edit] Reference or delete

The references in this article refer back to this article and so provide no content. Whoever claims this is a real term should provide an actual external reference or this should be deleted. Joshua Davis 19:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Searching around a bit, I see that this is a real term(mentioned for instance in http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9506082 and other Arxiv papers). So I retract my suggestion for deletion. However the links are still worthless so I am removing them. It would be nice if someone can provide a definitive source for the coining of these terms. Joshua Davis 04:09, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge

I think this article should be merged with Mass in special relativity for the following reasons:

  • The concepts tardyon or bradyon are hardly used anywhere. Actually I have never seen them before.
  • The meaning is completely identical to that of a massive particle, which is the common concept used.
  • The article has very little content.

Dan Gluck 12:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually I have changed my mind and in favor of deleting it.Dan Gluck (talk) 18:07, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] == There is a more complete explanation ==

A Tardon is a particle that moves slower than light
A Taxion is a particle that moves at the speed of light
A Tachyon is a particle that moves faster than light.

All three words have the same origin, I believe somewhere vaguely in the Victorian era. - I believe they are Greek or Latin and I (originally) came across them many years ago in a non-fiction book on extra-terrestrial life and stellar exploration by Isaac Asimov.
Lucien86 17:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

The above section has been moved from the article to the talk page, where it belongs Dan Gluck 17:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


Hi Lucien86, the above three concepts (I think you have typos, the first two concepts should probably be Tardyon and Luxon) are already mentioned in the article. The origin of the terms (i.e. Greek or Latin, Victorian era, etc.) should appear in the relevant articles bearing these names. But you first have to check this, before you add it to these articles. Dan Gluck 17:43, 26 July 2007 (UTC)