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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how neutrino can travel faster than light ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Easy, they are small particules, that can trevel trough objects.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Or here is a better explanation: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21010-fasterthanlight-neutrinos-new-answers-flood-in.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

personally I think they don't and just jumper to another dimension where time is shortly, believe it or not this is actually more likely

OpenStudy (tcp2315):

either way, physics as we know it will be changing !

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A neutrino (English pronunciation: /njuːˈtriːnoʊ/, Italian pronunciation: [neuˈtriːno]) is an electrically neutral, weakly interacting elementary subatomic particle[1] with a small but non-zero mass. Being electrically neutral, it is able to pass through ordinary matter almost unaffected, "like a bullet passing through a bank of fog".[2] The neutrino (meaning "small neutral one") is denoted by the Greek letter ν (nu). Neutrinos do not carry electric charge, which means that they are not affected by the electromagnetic forces that act on electrons. Neutrinos are affected only by the weak sub-atomic force, of much shorter range than electromagnetism, and are therefore able to travel great distances through matter without being affected by it. Neutrinos are created as a result of certain types of radioactive decay, or nuclear reactions such as those that take place in the Sun, in nuclear reactors, or when cosmic rays hit atoms. There are three types, or "flavors", of neutrinos: electron neutrinos, muon neutrinos and tau neutrinos. Each type also has a corresponding antiparticle, called an antineutrino. Most neutrinos passing through the Earth emanate from the Sun. About 65 billion (6.5×1010) solar neutrinos per second pass through every square centimeter perpendicular to the direction of the Sun in the region of the Earth.[3]

OpenStudy (tcp2315):

did you just copy paste wikipedia..

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