My understanding of that postulate of relativity was "nothing with mass" could attain or exceed C. Because, as the speed of the object approaches C, inertial mass approaches infinity, attaining infinity when v=C, and infinite mass is assumed to be impossible. Is the neutrino's extremely small 'mass' real or apparent?
-m From: Stephen A. Lawrence [mailto:sa...@pobox.com] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 3:44 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:CERN clocks subatomic particles traveling faster than light On 11-09-22 06:32 PM, Alexander Hollins wrote: Note, Faster in ATMOSPHERE than light travels in ATMOSPHERE. not faster than C. Say what?? But that would be, like, totally ordinary -- electrons do it all the time. That's where Cherenkov radiation comes from. It's also not what the article says. It says: "But neutrinos have now been observed smashing past this cosmic speed barrier of 186,282 miles per second" That is very clear. The only "cosmic speed barrier" is C itself. Furthermore, the speed of light in air is about 186,226 miles per second, not 186,282 miles per second, which is the speed value the article says the neutrinos exceeded. So, either the article is wrong, or the observation really was of neutrinos going faster than C.
