Fourth Flavor of Neutrino? New Elementary Particle?

kennyc · 11-03-2010, 08:06 AM

"....The existence of sterile neutrinos could help explain the composition of the universe, said William Louis, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who was a doctoral student of Roe's at U-M and is involved in the MiniBooNE experiment.

"Physicists and astronomers are looking for sterile neutrinos because they could explain some or even all of the dark matter of the universe," Louis said. "Sterile neutrinos could also possibly help explain the matter asymmetry of the universe, or why the universe is primarily composed of matter, rather than antimatter."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1102185722.htm

HappyMartin · 11-03-2010, 08:31 AM

I love this stuff. Have no clue what the scientists are on about most of the time but it always cheers me up for some reason. I am currently reading "The strangest man" by Farmelo. Diracs life story. Lovely book

kennyc · 11-03-2010, 09:39 AM

Ah, let me know what you think about that book or post in the "What we're reading" thread. I should add it to my TBR list I think.

11-03-2010, 08:06 AM	#1
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Fourth Flavor of Neutrino? New Elementary Particle? "....The existence of sterile neutrinos could help explain the composition of the universe, said William Louis, a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who was a doctoral student of Roe's at U-M and is involved in the MiniBooNE experiment. "Physicists and astronomers are looking for sterile neutrinos because they could explain some or even all of the dark matter of the universe," Louis said. "Sterile neutrinos could also possibly help explain the matter asymmetry of the universe, or why the universe is primarily composed of matter, rather than antimatter." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1102185722.htm

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HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I love this stuff. Have no clue what the scientists are on about most of the time but it always cheers me up for some reason. I am currently reading "The strangest man" by Farmelo. Diracs life story. Lovely book

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kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,872 Karma: 118716293 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Ah, let me know what you think about that book or post in the "What we're reading" thread. I should add it to my TBR list I think.

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