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b_b · 4811 days ago · link · · parent · post: Professor Einstein, you can relax. E still equals mc2. Probably …
I read that they had a similar result a few years ago at Fermi, although the experimental uncertainty in those trials was apparently quite large. I am of the belief right now that these results are probably erroneous, but by the same token I hope they aren't. After all, it was the measurement of discrete light emissions from black bodies that led to the entire field of modern physics, which I've been told was looked on at the time with skepticism. If true, this could be an equally important observation.
I've read the same thing about the Fermilab experiment. The problem here is that CERN has the top of the line equipment, so no other current research lab can even come close to trying to recreate this. That presents probably the biggest hurdle in trying to independently verify their findings.