neutrino astronomy

noun

1. the branch of astronomy dealing with the detection and measurement of neutrinos emitted by the sun and other celestial objects.

neutrino astronomy

noun

1. the detection of neutrinos emitted by the sun or by supernovae from which information about the solar interior can be obtained

Word History and Origins

Origin of neutrino astronomy¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

“This is at last really the beginning of neutrino astronomy,” said John G. Learned, a physicist at the University of Hawaii who was not involved with the research.

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The Gen2 project would deploy another 9600 optical sensors to increase the detector’s volume from 1 to 8 cubic kilometers, enabling it to detect more neutrino sources and ushering in an era of neutrino astronomy.

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The ultimate aim, once researchers can link neutrinos of particular energies to different types of sources, is to do true neutrino astronomy: viewing the universe not with photons, but with neutrinos, which bear news about violent corners of the universe otherwise hidden from view.

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It was the first time that scientists had pinpointed a source of the rain of high-energy particles from space known as cosmic rays — a breakthrough for neutrino astronomy, a branch that remains in its infancy.

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Kajita researched under Nobel laureate, Masatoshi Koshiba, at the University of Tokyo, known as one of the founders of neutrino astronomy.

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