what linear particle accelerators? I thought they only ever made circular ones, and I also thought that the only one they tried the experiment in was the CERN circular one. (this is only because I've never heard of linear ones, not that I think they don't exist)
I calculated the acceleration to be about 3.33X10^12 metres per [second squared], in a constant supply.
I think if the velocity of light cannot be exceeded, then the only explanation would be that the maximum kinetic energy something can hold is limited. I wonder whether they took into account the speed of the Earth around the sun at about 30,000 metres per second, that would mean if they got it up tp 99.99% of the speed of light it would verify that an electron cannot go faster than light, but if they got it up to 99.999% then it would prove that an electron can go faster than light. I don't know how many 9s they had after the 99% but I heard someone describe it as "loads".
If they didn't take the speed of the Earth into account, and measured the speed at various places and it was constant, then that would mean that they proved the speed of light can be surpassed, rather than verified that it can't.