Detecting moving particles 'faster than light'

Scientists from the European Atomic Research Organization say they have discovered a type of particle that can move faster than light.

In the special theory of relativity (or special relativity), published in 1905, Albert Einstein said that no matter in the universe could move faster than the speed of light (299,792 km / s). ) in a vacuum environment.

But on September 23, Antonio Ereditato, spokesperson for the European Atomic Research Organization (CERN), said that neutrinos in large particle accelerators move at greater speeds than light.

The phenomenon of neutrinos moving faster than light was discovered by chance by a physicist when he participated in experiments in elementary particles. Experiments belong to a joint project between CERN and the Gran Sasso Experimental Center in Italy.

In the experiment, experts fired 15,000 lines of neutrino particles from the outskirts of Geneva in Switzerland to the Gran Sasso city, where they were captured by giant machines. The distance between the starting point and the destination of the bead streams is 730km.

A beam of neutrino particles.

Light passes through a distance of 730km in about 2.4 milliseconds, but neutrinos fly 60 billionths of a second faster than the light, Telegraph said.

'It is just an extremely small difference, but theoretically it is extremely important , ' Ereditato said.

Due to the importance of discovering, CERN scientists have repeated the experiment several times to verify before publication.

'We are very confident in the results we find. Scientists have checked many times to find out what factors might cause the results of the order to be wrong, but they found nothing. Now we want our colleagues around the world to independently verify the results , 'Mr. Ereditato said.

If CERN's discovery is confirmed to be accurate, it will reduce the value of the special theory of relativity proposed by Einstein, whereby the speed of light is constant in the universe and there is no form of matter in The universe can move faster than light.

Einstein's special theory of relativity, which has stood for more than a century, is one of the factors that make up the 'Standard Model' in modern physics. Today the scientific world uses 'Standard Model' to describe and explain the working principle of everything in the universe.

Large particle accelerator (LHC) is the world's largest machine that people create. It is located under a 27km long tunnel in the French-Swiss border area. Since the advent of the LHC, the European Organization for Atomic Research (CERN) has continuously put the flow of protons into the machine to collide with each other.

Neutrinos are primary particles with no electrical charge, are durable, have a zero or very small rest mass. Since the rest mass is very close to zero, neutrinos move at nearly the same speed as light and are capable of piercing everything. In the universe, neutrinos can move easily through the star's nuclear reactions and carry a significant portion of the star's energy.

Many fantasy novels assume that, if humans can create a form of matter that moves faster than light, we can turn back time.