The Elusive Neutrino and the Nature of the Cosmos
Offered By: World Science Festival via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
Tiny Ghosts - Musical introduction by John Robinson
Bill Weir's Introduction
Participant Introductions
Why are neutrinos important?
Why go to the antarctic to find neutrinos?
The ghost particle appears
Many didn't believe in the neutrino.
Neutrinos from an atom bomb.
Ray Davis and his gutsy experiments.
Key predictions of the standard model.
Understanding neutrino oscillations.
Neutrinos and the Grand Unified Theory.
The supernova that led to neutrinos.
How do you measure the information from neutrinos.
A telescope under the ice?
What is the holy grail on neutrinos.
You can't adjust nature just observe it.
The truth is stranger then star trek?
Can neutrinos move faster than light?
Taught by
World Science Festival
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