Some Considerations on Neutrinos and on the Measurement of their Velocity

📝 Original Info

• Title: Some Considerations on Neutrinos and on the Measurement of their Velocity
• ArXiv ID: 1304.0659
• Date: 2013-04-15
• Authors: Researchers from original ArXiv paper

📝 Abstract

In this report are recalled in a simple form some of the main concepts about neutrinos, starting from their discovery and classifying them in the Standard Model of the Microcosm. Then are presented the main natural sources of neutrinos, emphasizing the enormous number of neutrinos in the Universe. Some information on neutrinos produced by nuclear reactors and by particle accelerators are then considered. In the second part is discussed the neutrino beam sent from CERN to Gran Sasso and the measurement of their velocity performed by the OPERA experiment, underlying some errors made, their corrections, and the final results, which represent precision measurements.

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In this report are recalled in a simple form some of the main concepts about neutrinos, starting from their discovery and classifying them in the Standard Model of the Microcosm. Then are presented the main natural sources of neutrinos, emphasizing the enormous number of neutrinos in the Universe. Some information on neutrinos produced by nuclear reactors and by particle accelerators are then considered. In the second part is discussed the neutrino beam sent from CERN to Gran Sasso and the measurement of their velocity performed by the OPERA experiment, underlying some errors made, their corrections, and the final results, which represent precision measurements.

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