The Net Advance of Physics:
SUPERLUMINAL NEUTRINOS

Last updated: 2022 September 26

These pages contain links to research papers dealing with the possibility that neutrinos may sometimes move faster than light.

This section of Net Advance was established in response to the widespread public interest in this topic after the 2011 OPERA neutrino velocity measurements:

• Measurement of the neutrino velocity with the OPERA detector in the CNGS beam by T. Adam et al. [2011/09] Original version.

• Testing Lorentz invariance with neutrinos by F. W. Stecker [2022/02]
• Investigation of the Lorentz-invariance violation in two-neutrino double-beta decay by S. A. Ghinescu et al. [2022/02]
• A review of searches for evidence of tachyons by R. Ehrlich [2022/04]
• A consistent theory of tachyons with interesting physics for neutrinos by C. Schwartz [2022/05]
• Investigating Lorentz violation with the long-baseline experiment P20 by N. Fiza et al. [2022/06]
• Cosmic neutrinos as a window to departures from special relativity by J. M. Camona et al. [2022/06]
• Tachyons as a consequence of light-cone reflection symmetry by A. Chodos [2022/09]
• Tachyon interactions by C. Schwartz [2022/09]

• 60.7 Nanoseconds: A novel of life at CERN in 2011-2013 by Gianfranco D'Anna. [2016]

Our pages are organised as follows:

• OBSERVATIONAL/EXPERIMENTAL:
  • The 2011 OPERA Experiment (and Follow-ups)
  • Earlier Experiments and Observations
  • Later Experiments and Proposals for Future Work

• THEORETICAL:
  • Theories with Neutrino Speed LESS THAN (or equal to) Light Speed
  • Theories with Neutrino Speed GREATER THAN Light Speed
  • Various Implications of Superluminal Neutrinos, If They Exist

PLEASE NOTE: The Net Advance of Physics does not take a position on the existence and/or explanation of this phenomenon. Also, the editor unfortunately lacks the time and expertise to read every paper in detail and with full comprehension, so some may be poorly classified. Suggestions for improvements are welcome. Please write to the editor, Norman Hugh Redington (redingtn at mit dot edu).

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