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| name = Benjamin Packisch<br />
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| known_for = Critique of the OPERA neutrino-anomaly result and of relativity theory<br />
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'''Benjamin Packisch''' is a German critic of the theory of relativity who has written analyses questioning the official interpretation of the 2011 OPERA "superluminal neutrino" measurement at CERN. He is listed in ''[[The Worldwide List of Dissident Scientists]]''.<br />
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==Work==<br />
Packisch authored papers hosted on the German relativity-criticism website ''Kritische Stimmen zur Relativitätstheorie'' (kritik-relativitaetstheorie.de), including an investigation of the neutrino-timing anomaly reported by the OPERA experiment ("„Anomalien" der Neutrino-Anomalie am CERN im September 2011"). In this work he argues that the officially published explanation for the anomaly — that a loose fibre-optic connector ("loser Stecker") accounted for the apparent faster-than-light result — is not adequately documented, noting that the technical account referred to non-public papers that he says he was unable to obtain. He characterizes the "loose plug" conclusion as an assertion that is not independently verifiable by outsiders.<br />
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His writing focuses on the synchronization of clocks in the CERN-to-Gran-Sasso timing measurement and on methodological and transparency questions surrounding the experiment. These positions fall outside the scientific mainstream, which regards the OPERA anomaly as a resolved instrumental artifact.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kritik-relativitaetstheorie.de/2013/05/offizielles-fazit-loser-stecker-zu-den-neutrino-experimenten-am-cern-ist-fragwurdig/ "Offizielles Fazit („Loser Stecker") zu den Neutrino-Experimenten am CERN ist fragwürdig"]<br />
* [http://www.kritik-relativitaetstheorie.de/Anhaenge/Untersuchung-NeutrinoAnomlieBeiOPERA_Packisch2012b.pdf Untersuchung der Neutrino-Anomalie bei OPERA (Packisch, 2012)]<br />
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