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.
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.
