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The most striking thing that came across to me in the report is that the time difference is 60ns thereabouts! Thats a whole lot of time delay, not a "tiny frac
by aufreak3 15y ago
The most striking thing that came across to me in the report is that the time difference is 60ns thereabouts!
Thats a whole lot of time delay, not a "tiny fraction" as the reports say. Light travels about 18m (~60 feet) in that time. A modern cpu will have processed more than 100 instructions in that time interval. So you don't actually need a CERN quality clock to measure it.
So if this turns out to be due to systematic errors of various kinds, I'm wondering what other measurements from the lab will be cast into doubt as a consequence!
Exciting result and possibly exciting times ahead for physics.