Here’s a layperson’s explanation of how to make a beam of neutrinos, roughly speaking (the details depend on the individual experimental facility.) (more…)
Category: Physics
Supernovas are some of nature’s most common and powerful nuclear bombs. They are also among the most useful for particle physicists and astrophysicists alike. [The last quarter of this post, on the OPERA experiment’s claim of light traveling slower than neutrinos, has been updated a couple of times, in obvious italicized remarks, in response to some very useful comments.] (more…)
POSTED BY Matt Strassler
ON September 20, 2011
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