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.
Iirc there are some unsettled theoretical questions about the nature of reality and the cosmos that would possibly be answered by studying the behavior of neutrinos, but I forget what.
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!
Iirc there are some unsettled theoretical questions about the nature of reality and the cosmos that would possibly be answered by studying the behavior of neutrinos, but I forget what.
RFK Jr announces that the environmental hazard causing autism is being hit by a neutrino while in the womb!
That’s exciting!
I can feel all those neutrinos on my body
No sorry, I have to wait for the video. 😋