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UChicago: World’s Smallest Neutrino Detector Observes Elusive Interactions of Particles

Prof. Juan Collar
Prof. Juan Collar led a team of UChicago physicists who built a lightweight, portable neutrino detector to observe the elusive interactions of the ghostly particles. Photo by: Jean Lachat

UChicago physicists play leading role in confirming theory predicted four decades ago

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2017

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By: Steve Koppes

In 1974, a Fermilab physicist predicted a new way for ghostly particles called neutrinos to interact with matter. More than four decades later, a UChicago-led team of physicists…

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