A fundamental subatomic particle, the neutrino seems to be capable of travelling faster than the speed of light (that is, the speed of a photon through a vacuum). Earlier, Albert Einstein asserted that speed of light is a fundamental constant and the maximum speed anything can travel. If the new theory is proved right, the basic laws of physics have to be rewritten.
Neutrinos are electrically neutral particles that have a tiny (but non-zero) mass. They interact very weakly with normal matter, making them almost impossible to detect. Tens of billions of neutrons pass through our fingers every second. They are created in certain types of radio active decay, during collisons between atoms and cosmic rays and during nuclear reactions such as those that occur in the heart of the sun. Neutrinos are considered to be mysterious particles. They have a minuscule mass, no electric charge, and pass through almost any material as though it was not there.
The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,4508 m/s and that of neutron is 299,798,454 m/s.
Neutrinos are electrically neutral particles that have a tiny (but non-zero) mass. They interact very weakly with normal matter, making them almost impossible to detect. Tens of billions of neutrons pass through our fingers every second. They are created in certain types of radio active decay, during collisons between atoms and cosmic rays and during nuclear reactions such as those that occur in the heart of the sun. Neutrinos are considered to be mysterious particles. They have a minuscule mass, no electric charge, and pass through almost any material as though it was not there.
The speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792,4508 m/s and that of neutron is 299,798,454 m/s.
1 comment:
Yes. Neutrinos are the very fundamental matter. The have very amazing properties. They are even found in the human body.
Post a Comment