China's Ultra-large Neutrino Detector Starts Operation to Find "ghost particles"----Chinese Academy of Sciences
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    • pepperprepper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 hours ago

      Any idea of what they are looking into? I always thought neutron detectors were for detection of nuclear activity.

      • liquefy4931@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        7 hours ago

        Here are some neat neutrino facts:

        • Neutrinos are incredibly difficult to detect.
        • 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.

        Who knows what will be discovered!