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papa_smurf

11-18-11 06:48 AM

Neutrino experiment repeat at Cern finds same result

Quote:

The collaboration behind the finding in September that neutrinos may travel faster than light has carried out an improved version of their experiment - and found the same result.
If confirmed by other experiments, the find could undermine one of the basic principles of modern physics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15791236

Could we be witnessing a new era in particle physics, or another "fluke" (although particle physics doesn't allow "flukes")

Oberon

11-18-11 08:21 AM

:hmmm:

Fingers crossed that this isn't a fluke. :yep:

Skybird

11-18-11 08:33 AM

What is needed now is verification from an institute using different installations and experts. :up: Which - I do not know - may be difficult, due to the size of and equipment used in CERN.

But this could indeed already indicate the beginning of a paradigm change. Which is nothing small. But still, scepticism is a virtue. More verification is needed.

"The truth, as always, will be far stranger." - Arthur C. Clarke.

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