tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post2951330403790572307..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Neutrinos and Antineutrinos - Maybe Not So Different After AllZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-58924618752761051272011-08-27T00:42:55.688-05:002011-08-27T00:42:55.688-05:00I have already written to Jenny Thomas about this....I have already written to Jenny Thomas about this. These MINOS people have just totally screwed up their chance for a Nobel prize. <br /><br />The 1104 result, which looks directly at an antineutrino beam, is correct. This new result comes from a different experiment, namely looking for antineutrinos in the neutrino beam. But under the mirror neutrino hypothesis these are not the same thing! The so called antineutrino beam is in fact a mirror neutrino beam, and the delta should be around 0.0036, precisely as measured. They obtain a new result close to the neutrino result precisely because they are now merely looking at antineutrinos (well, probably some mixture). No need for CPT violation anywhere, but non standard results. Predicted in advance by theory. <br /><br />As a CMP, you should appreciate the mirror idea, like in the topological insulator papers.Keahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652514294703722285noreply@blogger.com