Comments on: A new way to measure neutrinos http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2008/06/13/a-new-way-to-measure-neutrinos/ extra dimensions of particle physics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Harris http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2008/06/13/a-new-way-to-measure-neutrinos/comment-page-1/#comment-1127 David Harris Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:48:03 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=261#comment-1127 All decays involve neutrinos, but whether you can say they cause them is a slightly different matter. Current theories predict experimental results extremely well without needing neutrinos to cause decays. In this study, the issue is what happens to the neutrinos during the decay process and how that imposes an extra factor on top of the regular, well-known decay process. Something that needs to be explained in the data is why the peaks are periodic with a particular frequency. The explanation offered in this work is that neutrino mixing can provide that kind of behavior but it is in addition to the regular decay process. It is very clear that neutrinos are still mysterious and have a lot to tell us about all kinds of different physical phenomena! All decays involve neutrinos, but whether you can say they cause them is a slightly different matter. Current theories predict experimental results extremely well without needing neutrinos to cause decays. In this study, the issue is what happens to the neutrinos during the decay process and how that imposes an extra factor on top of the regular, well-known decay process. Something that needs to be explained in the data is why the peaks are periodic with a particular frequency. The explanation offered in this work is that neutrino mixing can provide that kind of behavior but it is in addition to the regular decay process.

It is very clear that neutrinos are still mysterious and have a lot to tell us about all kinds of different physical phenomena!

]]> By: John E Royer http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2008/06/13/a-new-way-to-measure-neutrinos/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 John E Royer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:39:27 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=261#comment-1126 What if all radioactive decays were caused by neutrinos? The extra bumps in the decay rates of praesodymium-140 and promethium-142 might then be caused by the extra neutrinos created by the decay process itself in a cycle of peaks. What if all radioactive decays were caused by neutrinos? The extra bumps in the decay rates of praesodymium-140 and promethium-142 might then be caused by the extra neutrinos created by the decay process itself in a cycle of peaks.

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