Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Einstein’s special relativity defines the speed of light, c, as the ultimate limit for the motion of massive bodies. This limit has been validated experimentally and serves as a cornerstone of modern physics. However, it may represent not a fundamental barrier of nature, but the boundary of mutual perceptibility between matter and observers bound to subluminal frames of reference. This paper introduces the Luminal Coupling Hypothesis, which posits that c marks a transition where mass–energy does not cease to exist or convert in any absolute sense, but rather decouples from subluminal observation. We formalize this idea with a dimensionless luminal coupling factor P(v) = |1−v2/c2|that mirrors the Lorentz factor and tends to zero as v→c. For v 0. We outline potential observational consequences (e.g., beamed, time-compressed “boundary bursts”) and laboratory analogues, and we state falsifiable criteria that could rule the hypothesis out.
Author: Maguire, James
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7091395611
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