Neutrinos: Ghostly particles with unstable egos
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Neutrinos are known to be able to change their "flavors," or identities. But the rules that these fundamental particles follow when they alter their identity are not completely understood. A new study now suggests a non-zero value for one of the parameters governing the oscillation of neutrinos. Finding this neutrino property could ultimately help explain why matter formed in the early Universe.