Neutrino observation a step toward understanding the Big Bang
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 20:20
in Physics & Chemistry
For the first time, physicists have detected muon neutrinos transforming into electron neutrinos, which could explain why normal matter prevailed over antimatter in the Big Bang.Physicists shooting neutrinos underground 185 miles across Japan have for the first time detected muon neutrinos transforming into electron neutrinos, an observation that is a first step toward understanding why normal matter predominated over antimatter in the Big Bang that created the universe.