{
  "id": "0709.2736",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2007-09-18T00:51:45.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-09-18T00:51:45.000Z",
  "title": "Comment on \"Macroscopic violation of special relativity\" by Nimtz and Stahlhofen [arXiv:0708.0681v1]",
  "authors": [
    "Herbert G. Winful"
  ],
  "comment": "This is a comment on a paper posted on the arXiv on August 5, 2007 and reported in the New Scientist on August 18, 2007",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.optics"
  ],
  "abstract": "A recent paper by G. Nimtz and A. A. Stahlhofen [arXiv:0708.0681v1] makes the following claims: (1) that the authors have observed a macroscopic violation of special relativity, (2) that they have demonstrated quantum mechanical behavior of evanescent modes on a meter-length scale, and (3) that barriers are crossed in zero time, implying superluminal (faster than light), and indeed, infinite tunneling velocity. Here I suggest that all these claims are erroneous and are based on a misinterpretation of a purely classical measurement accurately described by Maxwell's equations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2007-09-18T00:51:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "special relativity",
      "macroscopic violation",
      "stahlhofen",
      "demonstrated quantum mechanical behavior",
      "evanescent modes"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2007arXiv0709.2736W"
    }
  }
}