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antineutrinos

  • plural
    of antineutrino.
    antineutrino
    noun
    the antiparticle of a neutrino, distinguished from the neutrino by having clockwise rather than counterclockwise spin when observing in the direction of motion.

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This distinctive signal enables scientists to identify antineutrinos coming from the reactors.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

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.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

As the electron antineutrinos travel from the reactors to JUNO, many will oscillate into muon or tau antineutrinos that the detector can’t see.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 22, 2023

The previously accepted theory predicted that there should be the same number of neutrinos and antineutrinos in the early universe.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023

The neutrinos and antineutrinos, however, would not have annihilated with each other, because these particles interact with themselves and with other particles only very weakly.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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