What actually happened with the neutrinos

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I know that they didn't actually go faster than than speed of light but I'm not sure what went wrong. I've heard lots of possibilities but i don't know which is right
 
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KeplerJunior said:
I know that they didn't actually go faster than than speed of light but I'm not sure what went wrong. I've heard lots of possibilities but i don't know which is right

There is a long thread about the CERN experiment and the issues that lead to the incorrect results here in the Relativity forum:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=532620&highlight=neutrino

Have a look at the end of the long thread to see some of the analyses that showed where the problem was.
 

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