Tagged: IceCUBE

FTL neutrinos FTW! - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Sep 23, 2011 •

• CERN,
• Einstein,
• ethan dicks,
• IceCUBE,
• light speed,
• MINOS,
• neutrino,
• physics,
• Super-K

* Ahem *  Well, not quite.              (Note: FTL = Faster Than Light) The first image, taken in 2007, of a neutrino interaction. The neutrino, coming from the left of the figure following an interaction, produces several particles identified by their tracks in the detecting 'brick'. Credit: INFN (Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics) … Read More

Physics shorthand - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Jun 07, 2011 •

• Fermilab,
• Frank Close,
• IceCUBE,
• muon,
• neutrino,
• physics,
• SLAC,
• SuperK,
• Symmetry

As you may or may not be aware, I have something of a physics Jones. Super Kamiokande (SuperK) - one of the oh-so-awesome neutrino detectors out there I’ve found the subject interesting ever since school, although I’ll freely admit that my contact therewith has been somewhat intermittent 🙂 Recently, however, and for a slew of … Read More