Science > Physics > MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance
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31 Mar 2006 09:29:26 PM |
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MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance |
MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/minos_3-30-06.html
Photos are available at:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/NuMI_photos
A 12-minute streaming video on the MINOS experiment is at:
http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_02/VMS/MINOS/MINOS.htm
Two scientific graphics summarizing the results are at:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/MinosPictures.html
BATAVIA, Illinois-An international collaboration of scientists at the
Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
announced today (March 30, 2006) the first results of a new neutrino
experiment. Sending a high-intensity beam of muon neutrinos from the
lab's site in Batavia, Illinois, to a particle detector in Soudan,
Minnesota, scientists observed the disappearance of a significant
fraction of these neutrinos. The observation is consistent with an
effect known as neutrino oscillation, in which neutrinos change from
one kind to another. The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
(MINOS) experiment found a value of delta m^2 = 0.0031 eV^2, a
quantity that plays a crucial role in neutrino oscillations and hence
the role of neutrinos in the evolution of the universe.
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| User: "T Wake" |
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| Title: Re: MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance |
01 Apr 2006 04:22:17 AM |
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"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:qsmXf.70349$oL.43151@attbi_s71...
MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrino disappearance
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/minos_3-30-06.html
Photos are available at:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/NuMI_photos
A 12-minute streaming video on the MINOS experiment is at:
http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_02/VMS/MINOS/MINOS.htm
Two scientific graphics summarizing the results are at:
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/presspass/press_releases/MinosPictures.html
BATAVIA, Illinois-An international collaboration of scientists at the
Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
announced today (March 30, 2006) the first results of a new neutrino
experiment. Sending a high-intensity beam of muon neutrinos from the
lab's site in Batavia, Illinois, to a particle detector in Soudan,
Minnesota, scientists observed the disappearance of a significant
fraction of these neutrinos. The observation is consistent with an
effect known as neutrino oscillation, in which neutrinos change from
one kind to another. The Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search
(MINOS) experiment found a value of delta m^2 = 0.0031 eV^2, a
quantity that plays a crucial role in neutrino oscillations and hence
the role of neutrinos in the evolution of the universe.
Thanks for the links and quite interesting really as when I was at
university the professors were adamant that neutrinos had no mass etc.
Giving mass to neutrinos means the overall mass of the universe is going to
have to be re-calculated. A pleasant task I am sure :-)
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