Re: OG_VPR # 12-13 In 1998 scientists using the neutrino detecto
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19 Aug 2022, 11:36
In 1998 scientists using the neutrino detector in Kamioka, Japan, were able to observe several thousand neutrinos—elusive, tiny subatomic particles moving at nearly the speed of light and passing through almost everything in their path.
The scientists observed several neutrinos, which are particles that are as almost fast as light an can go through everything
The Kamioka findings have potentially far-reaching ramifications.
The discovery is quite remarkable and has several implications for future research.
They strongly suggest that the neutrino has mass, albeit an infinitesimal amount.
The first important implication is that they have a mass to assess
Even a tiny mass means that neutrinos would outweigh all the universe’s visible matter, because of their vast numbers.
Having a mass and considering their almost infinite numbers, the result is that they outweigh the other particles in the universe
The findings also suggest that a given neutrino does not have one stable mass or one stable identity; instead it oscillates from one identity or “flavor” (physicists’ term describing how neutrinos interact with other particles) to another.
Their mass varies. It is not fixed even though is infinite tiny.
This oscillation may explain why, although the Sun is a large source of neutrinos, detectors capture far fewer solar neutrinos than the best theory of solar physics predicts: the neutrinos may be changing to flavors undetectable by detectors.
An important consideration is that the variation in the neutrino's mass bears that they could be NOT detectable
Finally, while the standard particle-physics model—which describes all matter in terms of twelve fundamental particles and four fundamental forces—does not allow for neutrinos with mass, there are theories that do.
Neutrinos escapes the classic or standard physic theory. They do not contemplate that neutrinos have a mass. But indeed they have
Further experiments to confirm that neutrinos have mass could help physicists determine which, if any, of these theories is correct.
we still do not know the entity of neutrino's mass and how to deal with it. we need further investigations.