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Why did neutrinos reach the Earth 3 hours?
About 3 hours later, it was detected in optical light. Why did this time delay occur? The neutrinos have no electro magnetic attraction, so they are released easier, and can be picked up before the photons. The electrons scatter the light, making it so it takes longer for them to get to us.
Why is multi messenger astronomy important?
Multi-messenger astronomy tracks high-energy particles pelting Earth, particles passing through space and ripples in the fabric of space-time to answer questions about some of the most extreme events in the universe.
Is a neutrino a cosmic ray?
Neutrinos react rarely with normal matter, making them great messengers for phenomena happening far beyond our own galaxy. It’s the dawn of neutrino astrophysics! Cosmic neutrinos are generated by cosmic rays in extragalactic sources that can be thought of as “cosmic accelerators.”
What importance did neutrinos have for observations of SN 1987A?
SN 1987A appears to be a core-collapse supernova, which should result in a neutron star given the size of the original star. The neutrino data indicate that a compact object did form at the star’s core. Since the supernova first became visible, astronomers have been searching for the collapsed core.
What are cosmic messengers?
The four extrasolar messengers are electromagnetic radiation, gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays. They are created by different astrophysical processes, and thus reveal different information about their sources.
What is the purpose of interferometry?
What is the purpose of interferometry? It allows two or more small telescopes to achieve the angular resolution of a much larger telescope.
Do neutrinos carry information?
The first ever transmission of information using a beam of neutrinos has be achieved by physicists in the US. It is easy to transmit, easy to detect and can carry a lot of information.
Why is the mass of a neutrino so small?
The mass of the neutrino is much smaller than that of the other known elementary particles. The weak force has a very short range, the gravitational interaction is extremely weak, and neutrinos, as leptons, do not participate in the strong interaction.
What happens when a neutrino hits a proton?
Here a neutrino hits a proton in a hydrogen atom; the collision occurs at the point where three tracks emanate on the right of the photograph. 2) that interacts only via the weak interaction and gravity. The neutrino is so named because it is electrically neutral and because its rest mass is so small ( -ino) that it was long thought to be zero.
What makes a specific flavor of neutrino unique?
A neutrino created with a specific flavor is in an associated specific quantum superposition of all three mass states. As a result, neutrinos oscillate between different flavors in flight. For example, an electron neutrino produced in a beta decay reaction may interact in a distant detector as a muon or tau neutrino.
What is the cosmic neutrino background?
SN 1987A represents the only verified detection of neutrinos from a supernova. However, many stars have gone supernova in our galaxy, leaving a theorized diffuse supernova neutrino background. The same concept extends to the entire universe, giving the cosmic neutrino background, or relic neutrinos.