Category Archives: Sterile Neutrinos

Daya Bay

Posted on March 9, 2012 by PlatoHagel

The Daya Bay site in southern China. Image: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory An international collaboration of physicists working on a neutrino experiment in southern China announced today they have made a difficult measurement scientists have been chasing for more than a … Continue reading →

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Proton Collision ->Decay to Muons and Muon Neutrinos ->Tau Neutrino ->

Posted on October 5, 2011 by PlatoHagel

…..tau lepton may travel some tens of microns before decaying back into neutrino and charged tracks  Before I comment on the result, let me give you a little background on the whole thing. Opera is a very innovative concept in … Continue reading →

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Cherenkov radiation

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Taking the formalisms of electromagnetic radiation and supposing a tachyon had an electric charge—as there is no reason to suppose a priori that tachyons must be either neutral or charged—then a charged tachyon must lose energy as Cherenkov radiation[15]—just as … Continue reading →

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P.I. Chats: Faster-than-light neutrinos?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by PlatoHagel

Measurements by GPS confirm that the neutrinos identified by the Super-Kamiokande detector were indeed produced on the east coast of Japan. The physicists therefore estimate that the results obtained point to a 99.3% probability that electron neutrino appearance was detected.Neutrino … Continue reading →

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Linking Experiments

Posted on March 30, 2010 by PlatoHagel

Illustration: Sandbox Studio   The first round of physics Nine proposals are under consideration for the initial suite of physics experiments at DUSEL, and scientists have received $21 million in NSF funding to refine them. The proposals cover four areas … Continue reading →

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Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Posted on March 19, 2010 by PlatoHagel

“You don’t see what you’re seeing until you see it,” Dr. Thurston said, “but when you do see it, it lets you see many other things.Elusive Proof, Elusive Prover: A New Mathematical Mystery The Enriched Xenon Observatory is an experiment … Continue reading →

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Permanence of Fact in Literature

Posted on January 29, 2009 by PlatoHagel

John Updike in 1955. John Hoyer Updike (18 March 1932 – 27 January 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic. Updike’s most famous work is his Rabbit series (Rabbit, Run; Rabbit Redux; Rabbit … Continue reading →

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Galactic Neutrino Communications

Posted on May 22, 2008 by PlatoHagel

Galactic Neutrino Communication by John G. Learned, Sandip Pakvasa, A. Zee We examine the possibility to employ neutrinos to communicate within the galaxy. We discuss various issues associated with transmission and reception, and suggest that the resonant neutrino energy near … Continue reading →

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Geoneutrinos

Posted on April 23, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Geoneutrinos, anti-electron neutrinos emanating from the earth, are expected to serve as a unique window into the interior of our planet, revealing information that is hidden from other probes. The left half of this image shows the production distribution for … Continue reading →

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The CrossOver Point within the Perfect Fluid?

Posted on April 12, 2007 by PlatoHagel

I had been following this research because of what I had been trying to understand when we take our understanding down to a certain level. That level is within the context of us probing the collision process for evidence of … Continue reading →

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