It seems relativity still did not explain 60 nanoseconds, only 30. U Physics Prof. Daniel Mattis seemed to indicate even the result is correct it is compatible with Einstein's Theories, being the experiment did not take place in a vacuum.
Mattis wrote: "What the European experiment really proves is that neutrinos are slightly repelled by all kinds of matter. This is surely possible. When traveling through the earth, their speed is slightly, albeit measurably, boosted. The behavior of neutrinos in vacuum remains as foreseen by Einstein. The importance of the CERN experiment lies in that it has determined that the weak interactions of neutrinos with atoms is, on the whole, repulsive rather than attractive. Their behavior is rather like that of toothpaste being squeezed out of a tube: the harder the squeeze, the faster it is propelled out."
http://dvice.com/archives/2011/10/speedy-neutrino.php Here is a link to the most likely explanation of the anomolous neutrino results. It seems the experimenters didn't understand the implications of relativity well enough to account for them in their calculations. Sadly the media will not scream this from the mountain tops like they did the original report. Many people will miss the backtracking and be left with the wrong impression. Like I said before this incident is just another in the long 100 year history of relativity. When the Nazis came to power the fired anyone who believed in this "jewish physics" as they called it. That was until they figured out that the thing "might" be used to make a weapon. Then they started their own version of the Manhattan Project in an attempt to catch up with the rest of the world. The baby boomer generation was raised on the promise of space travel. We would vacation in Alpha Centauri and the trip to Pluto would be no more trouble than a ride down to Saint George. It didn't happen and Einstein took the blame. They now jump at any hint that it's "just a theory" and that it's about to be overturned by "new physics". All I can say is "I told you so". DT _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php