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Letter: Look behind you!

Published 28 February 2007

From Tam Anderson

A left-handed neutrino with mass will appear right-handed, Amanda Gefter writes, if you travel past it, turn around and look back at it (20 January, p 26). But turning around is forbidden by very special relativity.

I know I am out of my depth here, but surely if the spacecraft had a rear-facing observation window there would be no need for it to turn around.

Kirkcaldy, Fife, UK

Issue no. 2593 published 3 March 2007

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