Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Ghost Particle

1. What is a neutrino and how was it first proposed?
-A neutrino particle travels close to the speed of light, lacks an electric charge, are able to pass through ordinary matter almost undisturbed and are thus extremely difficult to detect.
2. Evidence:


3.What does radioactivity have to do with the sun?

4. What did John Bahcall do?
-He is best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem and the development of the Hubble Space Telescope.


5. Ray Davis was trying to create an experiment where neutrinos changed chlorine to argon atoms. Where was his setup located?



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