In a far corner of the cosmos 4 billion years ago, a tiny particle called a neutrino started its journey to Earth.
read that, it’s good, well writ too.
transition said:
read that, it’s good, well writ too.
lady’s sorta asked a question, which went to the relevance of neutrinos to day to day life on earth (she’s a very practical girl), after I briefed her on the general subject I went on to suggest they might cause a cascade of particle that initiate lightning strikes.
so fires then she said
transition said:
transition said:
read that, it’s good, well writ too.lady’s sorta asked a question, which went to the relevance of neutrinos to day to day life on earth (she’s a very practical girl), after I briefed her on the general subject I went on to suggest they might cause a cascade of particle that initiate lightning strikes.
so fires then she said
unlikely. they pass through the earth without interacting. that is why they are so hard to detect.
Bogsnorkler said:
transition said:
transition said:
read that, it’s good, well writ too.lady’s sorta asked a question, which went to the relevance of neutrinos to day to day life on earth (she’s a very practical girl), after I briefed her on the general subject I went on to suggest they might cause a cascade of particle that initiate lightning strikes.
so fires then she said
unlikely. they pass through the earth without interacting. that is why they are so hard to detect.
yeah dunno, I was thinking probably not, for the reason as you say
transition said:
Bogsnorkler said:
transition said:lady’s sorta asked a question, which went to the relevance of neutrinos to day to day life on earth (she’s a very practical girl), after I briefed her on the general subject I went on to suggest they might cause a cascade of particle that initiate lightning strikes.
so fires then she said
unlikely. they pass through the earth without interacting. that is why they are so hard to detect.
yeah dunno, I was thinking probably not, for the reason as you say
cosmic rays on the other hand
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-do-cosmic-rays-cause-lightning/
from the article
Being the smallest, lightest particle known to physics, the neutrino flew through matter like it was nothing.
We’re bathed in neutrinos, with trillions flying through our body every second, but you’d never know.
They mostly sail straight through the entire Earth unimpeded, earning their nickname “ghost particles”.
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What they detected was one neutrino that hit one atomic particle
I cannot see how that would cause a lightning strike
Tau.Neutrino said:
from the article
Being the smallest, lightest particle known to physics, the neutrino flew through matter like it was nothing.
We’re bathed in neutrinos, with trillions flying through our body every second, but you’d never know.
They mostly sail straight through the entire Earth unimpeded, earning their nickname “ghost particles”.
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What they detected was one neutrino that hit one atomic particle
I cannot see how that would cause a lightning strike
What they detected was one neutrino that hit one atomic particle after which the neutrino turned into a muon.
Bogsnorkler said:
transition said:
Bogsnorkler said:unlikely. they pass through the earth without interacting. that is why they are so hard to detect.
yeah dunno, I was thinking probably not, for the reason as you say
cosmic rays on the other hand
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/experts-do-cosmic-rays-cause-lightning/
jury still out I think re neutrinos possibly causing some lightning, or particle cascades initiating.