Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Neutrinos preceding radiation and
the promise of exact measurement Of course, the tantalizing
evidence that the velocity of light is preceded by the greater
speed of neutrinos is all over the news at the moment. It would
seem that we stand on the cusp of being able to precisely
measure the distance of powerful bursts of energy, such as a
nova. I recall a few years ago that a burst of radiation from
supernova SN1987A was preceded by a burst of neutrinos three
hours before the radiation. It follows that if we can produce a
source of radiation emission such as that created by the OPERA
international experiment, then we can calibrate the exact amount
of time it takes light and neutrinos to get from point A to
point B, By calculating the time delay between light and
neutrinos, we would know with considerable exactness the
distance if a given emission. I went to Bautforum.com and one of
the brighter members had this to say, "If the 20ppm difference
detected by CERN is true, then SN1987