Physicists Catch 'Ghost Particles' Bouncing Off Matter in Record-Breaking Experiment

Physicists Catch 'Ghost Particles' Bouncing Off Matter in Record-Breaking Experiment

Physicists recorded the lowest-energy neutrino event yet, using signals from the particles’ antimatter counterpart produced in a nuclear reactor.

Physicists Catch ‘Ghost Particles’ Bouncing Off Matter in Record-Breaking Experiment - WorldNL Magazine

Neutrinos are everywhere. About 100 trillion neutrinos pass through our bodies every second, but they’re so weakly interacting we never notice them. It’s this spooky feature of neutrinos that earned them the nickname “ghost particles.” Antineutrinos, their antimatter counterpart, are also everywhere. Both are notoriously difficult to detect, but physicists are getting better at circumventing their ghostly tendencies, as a recent record-setting m…

Physicists Catch ‘Ghost Particles’ Bouncing Off Matter in Record-Breaking Experiment

Physicists recorded the lowest-energy neutrino event yet, using signals from the particles' antimatter counterpart produced in a nuclear reactor.