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Neutrinos still travel faster than light
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RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light
In the earlier experiments, the neutrinos were sent in clusters that spanned 10 microseconds, much longer than the 60 nanoseconds time difference that signaled the faster-than-light effect, and thus the experimenters had to do some fancy statistical analyses to extract the time of flight of each neutrino. Some skeptics had suggested that those statistical analyses were flawed. The new experiment has clusters that last only 3 nanoseconds, thus ruling out that particular source of systematic error.

The other potential sources of error will take longer to check out. The only way to confirm this result is from other teams around the world who will use different equipment and procedures. If they get to have the same results, then we will be talking about major, major discovery. Until then, any interpretation of this result will be most likely just pure speculation.
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Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Welsh cake - November 18, 2011 at 3:51 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Milky Tea - November 18, 2011 at 4:27 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Angrboda - November 23, 2011 at 9:35 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by little_monkey - November 19, 2011 at 11:28 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 19, 2011 at 11:37 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Darwinian - November 19, 2011 at 11:40 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by little_monkey - November 19, 2011 at 11:53 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 19, 2011 at 12:19 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Napoléon - November 20, 2011 at 10:55 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by downbeatplumb - November 20, 2011 at 11:19 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 20, 2011 at 11:21 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by downbeatplumb - November 20, 2011 at 11:26 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 20, 2011 at 11:42 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by toro - November 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Tiberius - November 20, 2011 at 12:55 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 20, 2011 at 9:06 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 21, 2011 at 9:13 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 22, 2011 at 8:48 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 24, 2011 at 6:32 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by theVOID - November 22, 2011 at 8:04 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 20, 2011 at 3:26 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Tiberius - November 20, 2011 at 9:27 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by The Skeptic - November 21, 2011 at 2:16 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Autumnlicious - November 21, 2011 at 10:26 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by theVOID - November 22, 2011 at 12:52 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by corndog36 - November 23, 2011 at 11:42 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Angrboda - November 26, 2011 at 12:45 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by little_monkey - November 26, 2011 at 11:25 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Welsh cake - November 26, 2011 at 8:21 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by IATIA - November 26, 2011 at 11:03 am
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Anomalocaris - November 26, 2011 at 12:12 pm
RE: Neutrinos still travel faster than light - by Pete - December 16, 2011 at 3:35 pm

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