Does the speed of light

Subject: Does the speed of light

Date: Wed May 31 21:57:17 2000
Posted by Alan J. Pfeuffer
Grade level: grad (non-science) School: Capital University Law School
City: Columbus State/Province: OH Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 959824637.Ph

Message:


Today (05/31/00), I heard a news commentator on CNBC state that a 
publication (perhaps "Science Today") had published an article claiming 
that the speed of light was "faster" (than c) when the beam was passed 
through a Cesium cloud.  The commentator stated that the article said that 
the light beam "exited the cloud before it entered."  I was wondering if 
you could provide ANY information regarding either the article or the 
experiment yielding these reults.  Thanks very much!

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