The Possibility of Neutrinos Detected as Tachyons
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Recent measurements on electron neutrinos suggest that they might have an imaginary rest mass. This paper shows that they have a possibility being emitted from the atomic nucleus as a faster-than-light (FTL) particle called a tachyon.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004