I was just looking at that - exciting news! Although I can't help but wonder if there was measurement error as it's such a small relative difference.
Neutrinos exceed SPEED OF LIGHT: truth, hoax or error?
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Mezmer wrote:
I was just looking at that - exciting news! Although I can't help but wonder if there was measurement error as it's such a small relative difference.
Almost all of us will at least think: "too big to be true"
Although doing the simple math, the speed must have been at least 3.05*10^8 m/s at some point; being more than 101% lightspeed, I do not consider this a small relative difference.
The question is, how will it come out?
Don't forget, these experiments must be reproduced, and there is a long way between news and a peer-reviewed journal.
Sep 24, 2011
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As We understand Einstein, and btw he was a personal friend of The Dragon, ;) the speed of light cannot be exceeded in 4 dimensional space-time. It might be possible to exceed the speed of light in some other dimensions. Doesn't string theory postulate 7 dimensions of space and 4 of time?
frrixz wrote:
The question is, how will it come out?
Don't forget, these experiments must be reproduced, and there is a long way between news and a peer-reviewed journal.
I heard the experiment was repeated 35,000 times, and same result.
e=mc²....NOT!
It's preferrable if independent scientists can run the same experiment and get the same results, though in this case I think there is a lack of equipment.
Sep 24, 2011
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frrixz wrote:
It's preferrable if independent scientists can run the same experiment and get the same results, though in this case I think there is a lack of equipment.
Not to worry about the equipment. We are currently putting the finishing touches on Our 100 tetravolt Super-Conducting Super-Collider. Just a couple of more yards of chicken wire and it should be up and running in a day or so. We expect Our neutrinos to be able to leave the CERN neutrinos in the dust, so to speak. >:[
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484