A miracle did not happen: Neutrinos do not overcome the speed of light

In September 2011, a scientific sensation spread around the world, which was not deprived of attention on Habré (see, for example, this and this topics). During an experiment conducted as part of the OPERA project at CERN , scientists recorded an excess of the speed of light by a neutrino beam - albeit not by much (the beam was only 60 nanoseconds ahead of the light), but the fact itself shocked the minds of scientists and science lovers from all over the world. “Most of us feel that something is wrong, it just can't be real!” - said then CERN spokeswoman James Gillis, but many secretly hoped for a miracle. Alas, the miracle seems to be canceled.

On February 23, 2012, the same Gillis made a statement in which he said that the previous results were most likely erroneous. During the rechecking of the experimental conditions, two whole factors were discovered that can introduce a sufficient error into the observation results. The first factor relates to the operation of the Vectron OC-050 oscillator , which is used to count the time between the synchronization signals that come from GPS , and the second is related to the quality of the fiber optic cable connecting the external GPS signal. Gillis did not provide additional details, limiting himself to the observation that the new circumstances are sufficient to consider the sensational results of the experiment unreliable and to take repeated measurements.

And I wanted to believe in a miracle ...