Re: [Phys-l] Neutrinos going faster than speed of light?

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

Of course I was referring to the Astronomy results that show that the
Neutrino travels at the speed of light.

John M. Clement
Houston, Tx 

>  	There were no light rays involved in the experiment.  The 
> experimenters calculated the equivalent light arrival time using the 
> defined value of the speed of light (in vacuo).  The experimentally 
> measured quantities (which could, of course, be subject to error) were
> (1) the distance from the target at CERN to the Gran Sasso 
> detector, and
> (2) The time between the clicker pulse (putting the proton 
> beam on target)
>      and the event in the deetector signifying a neutrino hit.
>  					Regards,
>  						Jack
>
> "Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
>  		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
>  		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 24 Sep 2011, John Clement wrote:
>
> > Question:  Since the neutrino is now considered to have 
> some mass, how much
> > is the neutrino detection delayed after the light is 
> detected?  Or is the
> > light significantly delayed by passage through the 
> interstellar gas? Of
> > course the precision of the measurements may not be good 
> enough to see these
> > effects.
> >
> > John M. Clement
> > Houston, TX