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

["LaMontagne, Bob" <RLAMONT@providence.edu>]

The 60 ns faster passage combined with the distance and direction from the source to the detector is consistent with the orbital speed of the earth. Perhaps we are seeing Michelson-Morley being refuted?

;-)

Bob at PC

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Rauber, Joel
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 9:12 AM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] Neutrinos going faster than speed of light?
>
> One advantage of getting old is that you can approach these kinds of
> news items with a certain amount of equanimity.  Every three to for
> years one gets such announcements about a new measurement invalidating
> relativity in some fashion of the other.  I recall as a young graduate
> student, working on my GR dissertation, and there was a grand
> announcement about new measurements of the mass quadrupole moment of
> the sun; coming from  a reputable research group, as I recall.  The
> measurements, if true, would render Einstein's version of GR
> inadequate.  As we were walking over to a talk at a conference that was
> coincidentally being held on campus, I was chatting with one of the
> greybeards in the department.  Who basically calmed the young eager
> student down with a "wait and see" attitude and a message much like
> this one.
>
> So I say let's wait and see.  If true very interesting; but if I had to
> bet money on it . . .
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: phys-l-bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu [mailto:phys-l-
> > bounces@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu] On Behalf Of Savinainen Antti
> > Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 5:03 AM
> > To: phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu
> > Subject: [Phys-l] Neutrinos going faster than speed of light?
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > here is interesting news on experimental result regarding speed of
> > neutrinos:
> >
> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484>
> >
> > <http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/09/neutrinos-travel-
> faster-
> > than-lig.html>
> >
> > It remains to be seen whether or not there is real need for extending
> > relativity theory to account for the observation described above. My
> > hunch is that this will not be the case...but it is nevertheless
> > intriguing to see what comes out of this.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Antti
> >
> >
> > Antti Savinainen, Ph.D., B.Ed.
> > Adjunct Professor (University of Jyväskylä)
> > Senior Lecturer in Physics and Mathematics
> > Kuopion Lyseo High School
> > Finland
> > E-mail: <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>
> > Website: <http://kotisivu.dnainternet.net/savant/>
> >
> >
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