On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't bury Einstein yet: > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20957-dimensionhop-may-allow-neutrinos-to-cheat-light-speed.html > > "Sher also mentions a third option: that the measurement is correct. > Some theories posit that there are extra, hidden dimensions beyond the > familiar four (three of space, one of time). It's possible that the > speedy neutrinos tunnel through these extra dimensions, reducing the > distance they have to travel to get to the target. This would explain > the measurement without requiring the speed of light to be broken." > > Those neutrinos probably knew a short cut in the other 6 dimensions.
Well it wasn't extra dimensions. It was relativity itself. They needed entangled clocks! http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27260/?p1=blogs "Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Puzzle Claimed Solved by Special Relativity" T
