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To: PatrickHenry
A rather hyperbolic headline, considering this statement:

The Super-K group first reported that neutrinos oscillated in 1998.

26 posted on 07/09/2004 12:56:29 PM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist

Curious headline since the solar neutrino missing mass problem was solved a while back. They already knew neutrinos have mass. I am a bit puzzled by this "revelation".


29 posted on 07/09/2004 1:12:15 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: Physicist
A rather hyperbolic headline ...

I don't write the headlines. All I do is post the stuff, and then wait for you to explain it to us.

36 posted on 07/09/2004 1:30:04 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Hic amor, haec patria est.)
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What I can't seem to find out is whether these results corroborate, or refute the MSW effect.

My understanding of MSW is that it relies on the passage of the neutrino through matter to cause (or enhance) the flavor change, whereas other theories predict flavor changing oscillations as the neutrino travels trough essentially empty space.

Have you any insight into whether or not MSW is supported by this result?

83 posted on 07/10/2004 8:48:50 AM PDT by longshadow
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