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December 30, 2014 | 12:26 pm

Researchers show neutrinos can deliver not only full-on hits but also ‘glancing blows’

In what they call a “weird little corner” of the already weird world of neutrinos, physicists have found evidence that these tiny particles might be involved in a surprising reaction. In an experiment conducted with the international MINERvA collaboration at Fermilab, physics professor Kevin McFarland and his students and colleagues provide evidence that neutrinos can sometimes interact with a nucleus but leave it basically untouched, resulting in a new particle being created out of a vacuum.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Fermilab, Kevin McFarland, neutrinos, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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