Quote Originally Posted by PaddyX21 View Post
I'm afraid it is a little beyond my ability to understand, but here are the results in question: http://static.arxiv.org/pdf/1109.4897.pdf



Yeah, I got the 7.4 ns systematic uncertainty, plus the 18ish ns statistical uncertainty, but only after I had asked the question lol!
And with an n=16111 then it looks pretty compelling.
It would be uber-cool if this can be confirmed.
Not only because of exciting new prospects, but also because we finally have something which can be used to test new theories.
We needed the accelerator in CERN to rule out SUSY. And CERN cost a lot of money.
If we have a verified new observation, new theories can be falsified much quicker (and cheaper).

Still a big 'IF' of course.
Much will hinge on the next couple of months.