Last week, it was all over in the news. It did manage to grab a lot of eyeballs, simply because
something seemed to have challenged the celebrated E=mc2! Though intricate and baffling, it did give me a reason to come up with my next blog. And I am more than happy about it.
So, the episode panned out like this: CERN physicists were firing neutrinos from a particle accelerator n Geneva down a 1km beam line in towards the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy. The aim was to test the frequency of oscillations and to measure neutrino velocity to a greater accuracy. At Gran Sasso, a detector instrument called OPERA measured the neutrinos. Methodically, the speed of neutrinos is measured and compared to the speed of light by subtracting the expected time for light o travel the distance from the time for the neutrinos to travel the same distance. Surprisingly, the journal article ‘CERN neutrinos to Gran Sasso’ recorded this figure as a positive value of 60.7 nanoseconds. Stunning indeed! And may be, a path breaking revelation.
With this, the Theory of Relativity and the supremacy of ‘c’ in modern physics do face a question mark because the result is potentially huge. Although the scientists argue it is too early to make definitive, wide-reaching conclusions, the experiment promises a lot of positives: Time measured with GPS timing signals and a cesium atomic clock allowed the team to track any small movements in the Earth itself. Moreover, variables like day versus night and seasonal changes were also taken into account. Thus, we are a part of an amazing time in history where such precise measurements are being made to bridge ‘undreamed shores’. Undoubtedly, Einstein would be intrigued and proud to see the legacy of great science marching forward firmly.
Having broken the ‘Great Barrier’ of ‘c’, this anomalous finding might be a step towards realizing an actual Time Machine or might be just another colour in the spectrum of light. Who knows?
5 comments:
nice.... but time machine is far ahead than this theory i guess.
@Rahul yeah...I know...but I get damn excited at the very thought of a Time Machine!
are kuch b ho einstien koi sound proof thode hi diya tha apna theory ka.wo to ...nd phir b time machine wala chiz bakwas hai....aisa kuch hoga nahi kyunki E=mc2 me thoda bahut b gaati hoga to wo 1 const ki wajah se hi hoga.......aur mass to rahega hi........by the way neutrinos also have negligibly low mass.....aur agar mass-less time machine banana hai to ye practically impossible hai....aur agar ban bhi gaya to bhi no living particle can travel in time!!! einstien ka pehe bhi 1-2 theory flop ho chuka hai jaise twin theory etc.
E=k(mc2) to 100% hai !!
bas k ka sahi value khojna baki hai wo bhi bata denge ruk jao!! :-)
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