Cartwright, S. (2024) Superluminal neutrinos: an OPERA in three acts. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. HAPP Centre: 10th Anniversary Commemorative Volume, 03 Jun 2024, Oxford, United Kingdom. IOP Publishing
Abstract
In September 2011 the OPERA experiment at the Gran Sasso Laboratory, Italy announced that they had evidence that the neutrinos in the CERN-to-Gran-Sasso (CNGS) beam line were travelling very slightly faster than the speed of light. If true this would have ranked among the most important discoveries of the 21st century. In the event it was not true and was rapidly discredited. This paper explains what the measurement entailed, the responses to it and the eventual explanation, and discusses whether the initial publication and the subsequent reactions were appropriate.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2024 15:05 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2024 15:05 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOP Publishing |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/1742-6596/2877/1/012099 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219756 |
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