For 10 points, name these nearly massless uncharged leptons which come in tauon, muon, and electron flavors.
An burst of them important for research was released by Supernova 1987A. A team led by Arthur McDonald solved the discrepancy between other experimental results and a model created by Bahcall, and an experiment by Wu showed that these are almost always left-handed. They were first proposed by Pauli to explain an apparent loss of energy observed in beta decay. One method of detecting them uses the fact that these particles can convert chlorine to argon via the charged current interaction, and another method relies on heavy water. Notable detectors of them include the Homestake Mine, Sudbury, and Super Kamiokande. For 10 points, name these nearly massless uncharged leptons which come in tauon, muon, and electron flavors.
An burst of them important for research was released by Supernova 1987A. A team led by Arthur McDonald solved the discrepancy between other experimental results and a model created by Bahcall, and an experiment by Wu showed that these are almost always left-handed.
neutrinos