Neutrinos are small, neutrally charged particles described by the Standard Model of particle physics. Although they are predicted to be some of the most abundant particles in the universe, observing them has not been possible until now, as they are unlikely to interact with other matter.To detect these particles, physicists used detectors and advanced equipment to study known neutrino sources. As a result, neutrinos from particle accelerators and nuclear reactors have been successfully observed, as well as the Sun, cosmic rays, supernovas, and other cosmic objects.
Neutrinos observed for the first time
This feat was achieved by two different research groups using neutrino detectors at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland: FASER (Forward Search Experiment) and SND (Scattering and Neutrino Detector).
FASER, a large research group established to observe light and weakly interacting particles, was the first research group to observe neutrinos at the LHC. “Particle colliders have been around for over 50 years and have detected every known particle except neutrinos,” FASER’s Lee Feng said in a statement. As part of our recent work, we set out to detect neutrinos produced in a particle collider for the first time.” used his statements.The neutrinos detected by the Feng and FASER partnership have the highest energy ever recorded in a laboratory setting. Therefore, in addition to the properties of neutrinos, the study could also pave the way for the investigation of other elusive particles. The FASER and SND@LHC collaborations contribute significantly to ongoing experimental particle physics research, pointing to further breakthroughs in this field. Now that the existence of neutrinos has been confirmed at the LHC, these two experiments will continue to collect data and potentially yield more meaningful observations.
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