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Neutrinos are elementary particles that travel close to the speed of light, lack an electric charge, are able to pass through ordinary matter almost undisturbed and are thus extremely difficult to detect. Neutrinos have a minuscule, but non-zero, mass that was too small to be measured as of 2007.
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What are particles that move quickly away from the sun's surface called?
Photons. (In the form of electromagnetic radiation)
What are some interesting scientific discoveries of 2011?
scientists found that neutrinos (subatomic particles) travel faster than the speed of light
What particles do the strong and weak nuclear forces act on?
The strong nuclear force is mediated by the gluon and acts on both quarks and gluons themselves. The most common examples of the strong nuclear force are the binding of quarks to form protons and neutrons, and the binding of quarks to form mesons, which in turn are the particles that hold the protons and neutrons together in the nucleus. The weak nuclear force is mediated by the W+, W-, and Z bosons and acts on all 6 flavors of quarks: up, down, charm, strange, top, and bottom; and all 6 flavors of leptons: electrons, electron neutrinos, muons, muon neutrinos, taus, and tau neutrinos.
What scientific theories have been disproven?
Einstein found that the fasting moving object is light. September 2011, scientists found that neutrinos travel faster than light.
When a few spoonful of sugar are mixed into a cup of water what is the sugar?
Redered radioactive, due to the formation of positrons and neutrinos as the sugar is ionized.
What is a solar neutrinos?
Solar neutrinos are electron neutrinos that are in the sun. The sun is what produces nuclear fusion.
What are the different flavors of neutrinos and how do they differ from each other?
Neutrinos come in three flavors: electron neutrinos, muon neutrinos, and tau neutrinos. These flavors are distinguished by the type of charged lepton they are associated with - electron, muon, or tau. Neutrinos can change between these flavors through a process called neutrino oscillation, which is a unique property of neutrinos.
Can neutrinos change into other types of neutrinos?
Yes; the scienific terminology for this phenomenon is "neutrino oscillation". Neutrinos exist in three different flavours - electron, muon and tao neutrinos, listed in order of increasing mass (each also has an antiparticle). Although it is not know why this is the case, it was originally discovered that neutrinos oscillate when examining the neutrinos emitted by the sun; although primarily electron neutrinos are emitted as a result of the fusion process within the sun, the quantities of the different flavours of neutrinos detected on Earth from the sun are in roughly equal proportions.
What are the uses of neutrino?
Neutrinos are similar to electrons, but are different, in that neutrinos do not carry electric charges.
What can affect growth?
what can effect your plant growth is the neutrinos. If you have a lot of neutrinos your plant can grow rapidly.
Can neutrinos travel faster than light?
No, neutrinos cannot travel faster than light.
Explanation of missing solar neutrinos?
Neutrinos are incredibly hard to detect so the "absence" of neutrinos doesn't mean they are not there. It was long thought that neutrinos did not decay. We now know they do so. Thus, the lower than expected number of neutrinos detected coming from the Sun has been fully explained. It took four decades but the problem is now fully resolved.
Why does the sun emit neutrinos?
The sun emits neutrinos as a byproduct of nuclear fusion reactions happening in its core. These reactions produce high-energy particles, including neutrinos, which are released into space.
Are neutrinos mediated by electromagnetic interaction?
No, neutrinos are mediated by weak interactions, Photons are mediated by electromagnetic interactions.
What can affect plant growth?
what can effect your plant growth is the neutrinos. If you have a lot of neutrinos your plant can grow rapidly.
What can penetrate the sun?
Neutrinos.
Astronomers are interested in solar neutrinos because neutrinos carry with them information about?
The nuclear reactions going on in the heart of the Sun.
