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antineutrino

[ an-tee-noo-tree-noh, -nyoo-, an-tahy- ]

noun

Physics.
plural antineutrinos.
  1. the antiparticle of a neutrino, distinguished from the neutrino by having clockwise rather than counterclockwise spin when observing in the direction of motion.


antineutrino

/ ˌæԳɪːˈٰːəʊ /

noun

  1. the antiparticle of a neutrino; a particle having oppositely directed spin to a neutrino, that is, spin in the direction of its momentum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

antineutrino

/ ă′tŧ-Դ̅̅-ٰŧō,ă′tī- /

  1. The antiparticle that corresponds to the neutrino.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of antineutrino1

First recorded in 1930–35; anti- + neutrino
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By measuring the neutrinosand their antimatter partners, antineutrinos, in both locations, physicists can study how these particles change their type as they travel, a phenomenon known as neutrino oscillation.

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Sitting still, a muon decays into an electron, a neutrino, and an antineutrino in 2.2 microseconds.

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For years it seemed like building a muon collider might be the only way to answer whether neutrinos behave differently than antineutrinos.

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Some of the surviving electron antineutrinos will slam into a proton in the scintillator, producing an energetic positron that results in a flash of light.

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Also present in this pool of particles were neutrinos, which are very tiny, weakly interacting particles, and antineutrinos, their antimatter counterparts.

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