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Neutrinos and Speed of light

Einstein's Special Theory of relativity postulates that the speed of light is same for all frames. Suppose a neutrino is there moving at the speed of light. Then will that neutrino also be flowing ...
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Can the speed of an electromagnetic wave be measured in the absence of neutrinos?

Let me explain better: from what I understand neutrinos are so pervasive they are literally everywhere. And since they have such a tiny electric charge they barely interact with anything and cannot be ...
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Question on “new CNGS/OPERA measurement of neutrino velocity” (hep-ex/1212.1276)

A "new measurement of the limit on muon neutrino velocity with respect to the speed of light " by the OPERA neutrino experiment in collaboration with CERN has become public recently, as preprint ...
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Neutrinos and the Cosmic Speed Limit [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Superluminal neutrinos An article in the newspaper a few months ago said that Neutrinos travel faster than Light. Another article then said that this observation was ...
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Why is neutrino beam not considered light?

I am trying to understand why physicists consider a neutrino beam not to be light. Here's the research that I did to find the answer: ...
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Light vs neutrino speed comparison in a real tunnel

Given current accuracy of the techniques, is it possible to identify a real, existing tunnel (stright I think) to make the direct comparison of the speed of light and of neutrinos? The hypotetical ...
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When the speed of light has been measured, recently?

Yes, it is weird, absurd, but I can't stop thinking that the would-be superluminal neutrino speed has been computed by an arithmetic operation (space/time) and not by direct comparison with a ...
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What are the implications of the speed of light broken? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What would be the effects on theoretical physics if neutrinos go faster than light? I don't know if it's been asked before, but I couldn't find a thread about it. I ...
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Does the Special Theory of Relativity “form” the foundation of Modern Physics?

Does the Special Theory of Relativity "form" the foundation of Modern Physics? My question is in reference to Geoff Brumfiel's Scientific American article "Particles Found to Travel Faster than Speed ...
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Can neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Superluminal neutrinos What would be the immediate effects if light does not go at the maximum speed possible? This is a hot topic right now, so I thought we should ...
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If neutrinos travel faster than light, how much lead time would we have over detecting supernovas?

In light of the recent story that neutrinos travel faster than photons, I realize the news about this is sensationalistic and many tests still remain, but let's ASSUME neutrinos are eventually proven ...
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Microsecond trading with neutrinos

The Spread Networks corporation recently laid down 825 miles of fiberoptic cable between New York and Chicago, stretching across Pennsylvania, for the sole purpose of reducing the latency of ...