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neutrino Definition

neu·trino (no̵̅o̅ trēnō, nyo̵̅o̅-)

noun pl. -·nos

Particle Physics any of three stable leptons having a mass approaching zero and no charge: a neutrino has almost no interaction with matter

Etymology: It, coined by Enrico Fermi < neutrone (< neutron) + dim. suffix -ino

neutrino Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • emit: The fusion processes at the heart of Sun emit neutrinos of the electron variety.
  • detect: Despite being very difficult to detect the neutrino was observed in the 1960s.
  • produce: Remember that the tau decays to produce two neutrinos in addition to the muon.
  • call: In the process of fusing hydrogen to form helium, the nuclear reactions also produce elementary particles called neutrinos.

Adjective modifier

  • solar: Experiments into solar neutrinos finds a surprising deficit in the number produced.
  • atmospheric: The lecture covers the topics: the Solar neutrino problem, atmospheric neutrinos, neutrino oscillations, neutrino mass and Majorana neutrinos.
  • high: The implications for high energy neutrino, gamma ray and cosmic ray production in GRB and AGN jets are discussed.
  • many: Just out of curiosity, look up how many neutrino 's we survive from passing through our body from the Sun every second!
  • massive: One chapter provides a self-contained introduction to weak interaction phenomenology, including massive neutrinos of both Dirac and Majorana type.

Modifies a noun

  • oscillation: Explain how both of these problems could be resolved by possible neutrino oscillations.
  • flux: And, no, a sub's neutrino flux is not strong enough to give away its position.
  • detector: Indeed, dedicated neutrino detectors struggle just to record a handful of incoming neutrinos from potent nearby sources like the sun.
  • telescope: Scientific Impact A new window into the Universe opens with the advent of high energy neutrino telescopes.
  • physic: The site also has an essay describing the history of neutrino physics.
  • astronomy: Neutrino astronomy could be said to have been born.

Noun used with modifier

  • muon: Currenly has the best limit on electron neutrino to muon neutrino oscillations.
  • tau: An example of this would be a tau neutrino with considerable mass.
  • high-energy: Development of techniques for detection of high-energy neutrinos from outer space.
  • electron: Of these, only the neutrino has been proved to exist and the electron neutrino, at least, has little or no mass.
  • energy: Scientific Impact A new window into the Universe opens with the advent of high energy neutrino telescopes.

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