Superluminal Propagation of Electromagnetic Fields in The Near-Field and Far-Field

Anthony Maccini

Abstract

One examines 3 experiments: Bajlo, who first detected advanced waves that were in the far-field.  Walker, in his experiment, detected advanced electromagnetic waves in the near-field, as well as transmitting information faster than light, and Steffen Kuhn, who experimentally detected in the far-field radio waves with Plasma antennas that were superluminal. Here, one tries to distinguish the fact that electromagnetic waves in both the near-field and far-field are faster than light. One gives an interpretation of this, that it’s due to matter being sufficiently slow to perceive advanced radiation faster than light in the rest frame of an observer, which allows us to distinguish between the future and past, distinguishing the fact that electromagnetic waves are really faster than light. One further argues that the equivalence paradox of an charge that does not radiate under uniform acceleration with an observer travelling with it, is that the radiation is outside the observers light cone, that using the same argument of the equivalence paradox, that the reason one is not aware of advanced radiation from space is because its outside our light cone, but is observed with plasma antennas in the rest frame of the receiver.

Keywords

near-field; far-field; plasma antennas; superluminal; radio waves; equivalence paradox

Cite This Article

Maccini, A. (2025). Superluminal Propagation of Electromagnetic Fields in The Near-Field and Far-Field. International Journal of Scientific Advances (IJSCIA), Volume 6| Issue 6: Nov – Dec 2025, Pages 1008-1016 URL: https://www.ijscia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Volume6-Issue6-Nov-Dec-No.967-1008-1016.pdf

Volume 6 | Issue 6: Nov – Dec 2025