{"id":37201,"date":"2023-09-12T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=37201"},"modified":"2023-09-12T13:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:13:54","slug":"what-can-neutrino-interactions-tell-us-about-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/what-can-neutrino-interactions-tell-us-about-the-universe\/37201\/","title":{"rendered":"What can neutrino interactions tell us about the Universe?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Neutrino interactions also occur in the fundamental particles of light and other electromagnetic radiation, which has not been previously detected.<\/p>\n
Kenzo Ishikawa, first author of the study, said: \u201cOur results are essential for understanding the quantum mechanical interactions of some of the most fundamental particles of matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey may also help reveal details of currently poorly understood phenomena in the Sun and other stars.\u201d<\/p>\n
The research, \u2018Topological interaction of neutrinos with photons in a magnetic field \u2014 Electroweak Hall effect<\/a>,\u2019 was published in Physics Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n Neutrinos are one of the most mysterious fundamental particles of matter. They are extremely difficult to study because neutrino interactions with other particles barely occur.<\/p>\n They are electrically neutral and have almost no mass; however, they are still highly abundant and constantly stream through Earth.<\/p>\n Discovering more about neutrino interactions is important for testing and refining our understanding of particle physics, known as the Standard Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cUnder normal \u2018classical\u2019 conditions, neutrinos will not interact with photons,\u201d explained Ishikawa.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, we have revealed how neutrinos and photons can be induced to interact in the uniform magnetic fields of the extremely large scale found in plasma, which occurs around stars.\u201d<\/p>\n Since plasma is an ionised gas, it means that all of its atoms have acquired either an excess or a deficiency of electrons, making them negatively or positively charged ions rather than the neutral atoms that can occur under everyday conditions on Earth.<\/p>\n The neutrino interactions observed by the researchers involve a theoretical phenomenon called the electroweak Hall effect. This is an interaction of electricity and magnetism under extreme conditions where two of the fundamental forces of nature merge into the electro-weak force.<\/p>\nWhy are neutrinos so difficult to study?<\/h3>\n
What did the study reveal about neutrino interactions?<\/h3>\n