The velocity of neutrinos

Fran de Aquino (1)

1 INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais

Recently, the OPERA neutrino experiment at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory has measured the velocity of neutrinos from the CERN CNGS beam over a baseline of about 730 km. The experiment shows that neutrinos can have superluminal velocities. This result could, in principle, be taken as a clear violation of the Special Relativity. However, it will be show here that neutrinos can actually travel at velocities faster than light speed, without violating Special Relativity.

Mots clés: Neutrino mass; Neutrino interactions; Special relativity

Domaines: Physique Générale [physics.gen-ph]

Fran de Aquino. The velocity of neutrinos. 2011. ⟨hal-01092965⟩