Nuclear reactions do involve neutrinos and antineutrinos but they aren’t super important for fission so I am assuming the decade long detector would be for something else
There are many neutrino sources, although supernovae may be the most prevalent with 99% of energy released as neutrinos vs 1% as visible light.
Our sun radiates about 2% of its energy as neutrinos.
They travel at the speed of light and rarely interact with normal matter. So rarely, in fact, that 99.99% of neutrinos would pass through a 10km-thick slab of lead.
Most neutrinos pass through the entire earth without hitting a thing.
1021 nuetrinos pass through each 1" x 1" area of your body per second and, on average, you have a 25% lifetime chance of interaction with a neutrino particle.
Very impressive. 👍 😀
I wonder what the physicists will learn from it?
Any idea of what they are looking into? I always thought neutron detectors were for detection of nuclear activity.
These are neutrino detectors, not neutron, so they won’t be looking for nuclear activity with it, right?
Nuclear reactions do involve neutrinos and antineutrinos but they aren’t super important for fission so I am assuming the decade long detector would be for something else
Here are some neat neutrino facts:
Who knows what will be discovered!
I can feel all those neutrinos on my body
RFK Jr announces that the environmental hazard causing autism is being hit by a neutrino while in the womb!
That’s exciting!
No sorry, I have to wait for the video. 😋
I read this in the voice of Todd from Project Farm