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|bibcode = 2010PhLB..691..138A

|doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2010.06.022

}}</ref> In September 2011, CERN and OPERA announced that time of flight measurements made by their collaboration had indicated muon neutrinos traveling at [[faster-than-light|faster]] than [[lightspeed]]. While acknowledging that such a measurement would be a major discovery if correct, many physicists,<ref name="sciam_luminarydoubt">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ftl-neutrinos</ref><ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-09/27/c_131161271.htm</ref><ref name="sciam_luminarydoubt"/><ref>http://news.yahoo.com/challenging-einstein-usually-losing-venture-214054440.html</ref><ref name=Challenge>{{cite web|title=Challenging Einstein is usually a losing venture|url=http://news.yahoo.com/challenging-einstein-usually-losing-venture-214054440.html|publisher=AP/Yahoo News|accessdate=26 September 2011|author=Jordans, Frank; Borenstein, Seth|date=24 September 2011}}</ref> and the OPERA team itself, have expressed skepticism that OPERA's measurements are sufficiently free of error. Experimental groups such as [[MINOS]] Experiment at [[Fermilab]] and the [[T2K experiment]] are planning to attempt to replicate the result, while others in the physics community search for any experimental errors which might account for it.<ref name="LA Times">

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