Sadly this is the part of the process that the media will not cover. Instead the public is left with the memory of the sneering headlines about Einstein rolling in his grave. The anti-science blowhards still believe that "it's all just a theory" and that no one actually has to learn anything because it will just be out of date soon anyway. The confused public will hear their viewpoint and give it respect that it just doesn't deserve. And it's been happening for a century now. DT ________________________________ From: Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, October 1, 2011 7:45 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Finally, a reasonable refutation of superluminal neutrinos Joe, Take a look at this article. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1109.6562v1 Basically, superluminal neutrinos radiating via the same mechanism as Cerenkov radiation. These authors calculate that neutrinos reaching the detector would have an energy of ~12.5 GeV. The OPERA scientists report an average energy at the detector of 28.1 GeV. For now, I’m going with Sheldon’s calculation because it requires no change in my thinking. I hate change. Dave _______________________________________________ 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