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Neutrinos break the rules again
Published 5th Dec 2011
The experiments that demonstrated neutrinos breaking the speed limit have just been repeated, with a slight experimental change; the result was the same.
Is there a systematic error in the experiment or something strange happening between Italy and the Swiss/French boarder, which is causing the neutrinos to defy current rules? We will have a much better idea in a year’s time, when two more groups at Gran Sasso, where the initial results originated, and the US Minos and Japan’s T2K experiments report back.
Maybe they will give a more palatable conclusion; of course there is still an additional option... Redefine the rules.
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