killivolt
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FTL in Space. Corroborates with static electric fields; in the capacitor.
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For a motionless object that "radiates" (or more correctly, is the source of) a static electric field (such as an electric charge) or a static gravitational field (such as a mass), the lines of the static field itself do not propagate through space, but only exist in space. At a distance from the source of the static field, this may cause an effect which may make the behavior of the field appear to change with speeds faster than light, if it is suddenly viewed from a different reference frame.
Thus, when an observer of a static charge (and its extended field) begins to move relative to the field-source, then the motion of the source (and its static field at all positions in space), may all appear to change instantly. This includes the direction of the field as seen far away from the field source, and which now suddenly appears to be pointing to the moving source and directed toward it as it moves, needing no time to catch up with the distant object's sudden "new" motion. In consequence, for a distant object moving transversely at a constant velocity which does not change, the direction along the static field back to its source is always and instantaneously correctly oriented to its actual position, no matter how far away the field-source is. Since there is no "retardation" of the apparent position of the source of a static field, this effect seems to be "transmitted" faster than the speed of light, although in actuality, any constant velocity motion of the "source" can always all be attributed to the observer, so all information about the motion of the "static field" that seems to be transmitted faster-than-light, is actually contained in the point of view of the observer (i.e., it can all be changed back just as quickly, if the observer stops, so that the moving "field source" is again seen as motionless).
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