Studied at the Super-Kamiokande facility, this particle was postulated to allow conservation of energy and momentum in beta decay, which involves its electron type.
The MSW effect accounts for this particle's oscillations in matter as opposed to a vacuum, and its "sterile" variety is a strong candidate for dark matter composition. The Homestake experiment attempted to count these particles emitted due to fusion in the Sun, while Cowan and Reines reacted its antiparticles with protons to yield neutrons and beta plus particles to verify this particle's existence. Studied at the Super-Kamiokande facility, this particle was postulated to allow conservation of energy and momentum in beta decay, which involves its electron type. Also coming in muon and tauon varieties, for 10 points name this chargeless lepton whose name means "small neutral one."
The MSW effect accounts for this particle's oscillations in matter as opposed to a vacuum, and its "sterile" variety is a strong candidate for dark matter composition.
neutrino