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A reexamination of the Nobel-prize-winning experiment in which the antiproton was discovered reveals that the associated antimesons might be traveling faster than light. The time-of-flight experiment should be repeated with a view toward more accurate measurement of distance and time of flight to discredit or to confirm this tentative conclusion.
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Cooper, J.C. Have faster-than-light particles already been detected?. Found Phys 9, 461–466 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708536
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708536