Neutrinos created in particle accelerator detected for first time

In a recent discovery, A team of scientists from the University of California at Irvine in the United States detected neutrinos created by him. Large Hadron Collider (LHC). For the first time, scientists managed to detect neutrinos created by the collider at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research).

The detection was carried out by FASER (Advanced Search Experiment), a particle detector installed at CERN and developed by an international team of physicists. – until then, no neutrinos produced by a particle collider had been detected.

Neutrinos are subatomic particles first detected in 1956 by physicist and Nobel laureate Frederick Reines.

“Neutrinos are the only known particles that much larger experiments at the Large Hadron Collider cannot detect directly, so the successful FASER observation means that the full physical potential of the collider is finally being harnessed,” said the experimental physicist at Collider. , Dave Casper, in a statement.

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The latest discovery could help understand the subatomic particles produced in space, because neutrinos are also found in star explosions and particle showers throughout the universe. In fact, neutrinos are one of the most abundant particles in space, and FASER’s discovery will help scientists understand more about the mysteries of the universe.

According to a statement from the University of California at Irvine, FASER is a unique particle detector and can help detect neutrinos as well as detect dark matter particles — scientists believe that 68% of the universe is made up of dark matter. matter of unknown nature that gravitationally affects the universe.

“These very high-energy neutrinos at the LHC are important for understanding some really exciting observations in particle astrophysics,” said CERN particle physicist Jamie Boyd.