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Neutrinos seen scattering off atomic nuclei

Researchers commandeer deep basement to watch for flashes from interactions.
The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee.

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, where the experiment took place, produces neutrinos as well as neutrons. Genevieve Martin/ORNL/US DOE

Physicists have detected elusive and near-massless particles called neutrinos from their collisions with atomic nuclei, the first time the particles have been seen in this manner.

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Nature 548, 139 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-02234-w

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