I guess I haven't seen the presentation, but I thought the neutrinos were passed through the particle accelerator tunnel, not the Earth's crust, otherwise why did they dig that huge circle out? On a less serious note, here is an alternate explanation for the FTL neutrinos: http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2011/09/24/bored-neutrino-cant-get-out-of-switzer... Ian On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
On 9/27/11, Canopus56 <canopus56@yahoo.com> wrote:
My own preliminary Oczam's Razor question about their presentation is how the CERN scientists compensated for the known faster-then-light effect associated with the refractive index (which I also posted about upthread) when light passes through a solid substance. They passed their signal through the Earth's crust, which is composed of many different materials. How did the CERN researchers compensate for the unknown composition of materials? That would be a simple Oczam's Razor explanation for their results.
My understanding is that only photons are subject to classical refraction effects, not neutrinos.
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