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To: John W
I read about an experiment years ago, that had measured the square of the neutrino mass (at least one flavor of neutrino) to be negative.
The author speculated that if true, the neutrino may be a tachyon (a so-far hypothetical particle that always travels faster than light).
It was pretty much dismissed out of hand and I never heard about it again.
Wonder if someone will dig that up now.

If confirmed, this is a major game changer.

74 posted on 09/22/2011 1:22:57 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: BitWielder1

This means we will be one step further towards flying cars!


75 posted on 09/22/2011 1:24:49 PM PDT by Krosan
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To: BitWielder1

[ I read about an experiment years ago, that had measured the square of the neutrino mass (at least one flavor of neutrino) to be negative.
The author speculated that if true, the neutrino may be a tachyon (a so-far hypothetical particle that always travels faster than light).
It was pretty much dismissed out of hand and I never heard about it again.
Wonder if someone will dig that up now.

If confirmed, this is a major game changer. ]

I always thought the way neutrinoes could move through so much solid matter kinda meant they were mostly “unbound” from our space time and as such was the reason they barely interact with things.


89 posted on 09/22/2011 1:48:48 PM PDT by GraceG
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