2011/11/04 by Satish Ramakrishna, Ramakrishna, Satish
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Neutrino Physics Research #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1111.1922
8 pages, 2 figures
openalex publication_date 2011/11/04 · arxiv created 2011/11/20 · arxiv updated 2011/11/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The CERN-LNGS time-of-flight experiment (of neutrinos) represents a significant challenge to the special theory of relativity and needs to be addressed either as a source of new physics, or as an un-remedied experimental error. There have been several attempts at using new physics to explain the results, while a few unpublished results exist that address the experimental errors that might lead to the same result. In particular, a recent calculation by van Elburg [2] indicates a potential flaw in the OPERA experiment [1] that represents a source of potential error, i.e., that the motion of the synchronizing GPS satellites causes the clocks to go out of synchronization. Unfortunately, there are several misconceptions about how GPS satellites work that pervade the paper. In addition, the principal contention of the paper, that the experiment is being timed by a moving clock is not substantiated in the analysis. This paper substantiates the point, as well as introduces a new source of error in the "common-view" method of synchronization of clocks.