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Steve Boyd, University of Warwick Neutrinos and the Case of the Missing Antimatter
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Not this... Angels and Demons, 2009
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Negative electric charge quark MatterAnti-Matter
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Negative electric charge Positive electric charge quarkanti-quark MatterAnti-Matter
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electron positron
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There is a difference between the physics of matter and antimatter. It's name is CP Violation The LHC will study this by looking differences between particles called B 0 and B 0 mesons LHCb
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But....... We might be looking in the wrong place.... The smallest, most insignificant (yet most common) particle in the cosmos may just hold the reason!
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Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry n n n n n n n n n n n n A idea called “Leptogenesis” suggests that the asymmetry we see between matter and antimatter could have been generated by an asymmetry between neutrinos and anti-neutrinos at the beginning of things.
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Electron Neutrino, n e 0 Very tiny mass (<0.0000001) Electron, e Tiny mass ( 1 ) So what is a neutrino? Neutrinos are the second most common particle in the universe. They are produced whenever something radioactively decays
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x 500
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Electron Neutrino, n e Electron, e mass ( 1 ) - Muon Neutrino, n m Muon, m mass ( 200 ) - Tau Neutrino, n t Tau, t mass ( 3500 ) -- 3 Lepton Flavours + anti-leptons
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Electron Neutrino, n e Muon Neutrino, n m Tau Neutrino, n t 3 neutrino Flavours Electron Antineutrino, n e Muon Antineutrino, n m Tau Antineutrino, n m
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The sun generates about 2x10 38 neutrinos/s as byproducts of the fusion processes that make the star shine.
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So why don't we notice? n are almost ghosts. They interact extremely weakly with matter. To a neutrino a planet is mostly empty space.
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500,000,000,000,000 neutrinos from the sun just went through each and every one of you
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"The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it travels through all this howling emptiness are roughly comparable to that of dropping a ball bearing at random from a cruising 747 and hitting, say, an egg sandwich." Douglas Adams-Mostly Harmless
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Probability 5 x 10 -13 nene
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Probability 1 x 10 -13
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How do we use neutrinos to study CP violation?
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years l nlnl l nlnl A typical neutrino experiment
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Distance Travelled Prob. It is n e 0 1 e nene m nmnm distance
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295 km T2K Experiment
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The Master Plan Measure oscillations of neutrinos Measure oscillations of anti-neutrinos Difference between these two numbers indicates a difference between the physics of neutrino and anti-neutrinos Can help show that leptogenesis works Experiment is starting now....
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But we still don't know much about the neutrino itself! What is the mass of a neutrino? Why are they so much lighter than all the other massive particles? Are neutrinos the same as antineutrinos? Are neutrinos the reason we are here at all?
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Economic Impacts 5% of jobs in UK are in physics-based sectors Gross added value from physics sector was estimated to be 70 billion pounds in 2005 Synergy between PP projects and industry – industry acquires added skills base for other applications Training - 50% of PP PhDs go into other sectors Radioisotope production Sensors for medical & other applications High level computing for biological/climate modelling Spin off tools for other science (e.g. DIAMOND) Nuclear fusion research Muon tomography in border security Airport scanners Rock Imaging Cancer treatment using next gen cyclotrons proton therapy
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How do we exist? We don't know (yet) but we're working on it The smallest, most insignificant (yet most common) particle in the cosmos may just hold the reason!
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JPARC Facility in Japan
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Super-Kamiokande 42 m 1 km underground 50,000 tons of water
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CRISIS
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Energy(Ra) ≠ Energy(Ac)+Energy(e)
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Wolfgang Pauli “Desperate remedy.....” “I do not dare publish this idea....” “I admit my way out may look improbable....” “Weigh it and pass sentence....” “You tell them. I'm off to a party”
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Energy(Ra) = Energy(Ac)+Energy(e) + Energy(Neutrino)
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What are neutrinos?
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Very tiny mass (<0.0000001) e nene e nene Electron Neutrino, n e 0 Very tiny mass (<0.0000001) Electron, e Tiny mass ( 1 ) -
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In experiments neutrinos are NEVER seen. We can only detect them through the byproducts of their interactions with matter. Type of the charged particle detected used to infer the type of incoming neutrino. e e
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Electron Neutrino, n e Electron, e mass ( 1 ) - Muon Neutrino, n m Muon, m mass ( 200 ) - Tau Neutrino, n t Tau, t mass ( 3500 ) - 3 Lepton Types
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m nene t nene
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Electron Antineutrino, n e Positron, e + mass ( 1 ) + 3 Antiparticles Muon Antineutrino, n m Muon, m + mass ( 200 ) + Tau Antineutrino, n m Tau, t + mass ( 3500 ) +
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Where do they come from?
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Everywhere!
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From the Big Bang Artist's conception
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From the Big Bang Artist's conception One cubic foot of space contains about 10,000,000 neutrinos left over from the Big Bang.
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From Astrophysical Objects Supernovae created the heavy elements (us) and neutrinos may be responsible for the star exploding.
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From the Sun ≈ 70 million per cm 2 per second at the Earth
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From The Earth
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From Us.
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So why don't we notice? n are almost ghosts. They interact extremely weakly with matter. To a neutrino a planet is mostly empty space.
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"The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it travels through all this howling emptiness are roughly comparable to that of dropping a ball bearing at random from a cruising 747 and hitting, say, an egg sandwich." Douglas Adams
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500,000,000,000,000 solar n just went through you
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Super-Kamiokande 42 m 1 km underground 50,000 tons of water
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Why do we study them?
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As Probes Astrophysics Geophysics Cosmology Particle Physics
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Amount of matter in Universe Second most common (known) particle in the universe
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Universal Structure m eVm eV m eVm eV
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Why is there more matter than antimatter?
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10,000,000,001 Matter 10,000,000,000 Antimatter Thanks to Hitoshi Maruyama
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Q. Is there a difference between the physics of matter and antimatter? A.Yes there is. We've never seen it in neutrinos, though. Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry n n n n n n n n n n n n “Leptogenesis”
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How to study this...?
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years l nlnl l nlnl A typical neutrino experiment
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years l l A typical neutrino experiment
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years e m A typical neutrino experiment
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years e nene m nmnm Neutrinos change flavour between source and detector!
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Distance Travelled Prob. It is n e 0 1 e nene m nmnm distance
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What the....? Q. How can a n e spontaneously turn into a n m ?
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What the....? Q. How can a n e spontaneously turn into a n m ? A. The n e isn't a particle. It's three! n e ≡ “that thing which was always produced/detected with an electron” e nene
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Quantum Stuff e nene e n1n1 e n2n2 e n3n3 = or 60% 30% 10%
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e nene m nmnm Original n 1,n 2,n 3 mixture Different n 1,n 2,n 3 mixture n 1,n 2,n 3 travels at different speeds This can only happen if n 1,n 2,n 3 have different masses Only gives us differences in masses Long journey
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295 km T2K
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Things we still don't know How much do n 1,n 2 and n 3 weigh? Why are they so much lighter than all the other massive particles? Are neutrinos the same as antineutrinos? Are neutrinos the reason we are here at all?
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JPARC Facility nmnm
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Super-Kamiokande nmnm nene
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Economic Impacts 5% of jobs in UK are in physics-based sectors Gross added value from physics sector was estimated to be 70 billion pounds in 2005 Synergy between PP projects and industry – industry acquires added skills base for other applications Training - 50% of PP PhDs go into other sectors Radioisotope production Sensors for medical applications High level computing for biological/climate modelling Spin off tools for other science (e.g. DIAMOND) Nuclear fusion research Muon tomography in border security Airport scanners Rock Imaging Cancer treatment using next gen cyclotrons proton therapy
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‘‘...these kind of findings have implications that are not limited to the laboratory. They affect the whole of society — not only our economy, but our very view of life, our understanding of our relations with others, and our place in time.’’ Bill Clinton
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From Radioactive Decay e.g. Decay of unstable nuclides in the core of the earth can tell us about its structure (Geoneutrinos) n p + e + n e
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Life and Death
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Geoneutrinos Models suggest A total heatflow of 19 TW from radio- active decay A neutrino experiment in Japan measured 25 ± 20 TW
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Geoneutrinos
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JPARC Facility TARGET
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From the Sun
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enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn
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enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn
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I give you...the Universe n?
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L sin 2 (2q) Dm 2 = m 1 2 -m 2 2
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Water Cerenkov
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Electron-like : has a fuzzy ring Muon-like : has a sharp edged ring and particle stopped in detector.
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JPARC Facility TARGET nmnm
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Electron Antineutrino, n e Positron, e + mass ( 1 ) + 3 Antiparticles Muon Antineutrino, n m Muon, m + mass ( 200 ) + Tau Antineutrino, n m Tau, t + mass ( 3500 ) +
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“At the present stage of atomic theory we have no arguments for upholding the concept of energy balance in the case of b-ray disintegrations.” Neils Bohr
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Energy(Ra) ≠ Energy(Ac)+Energy(e)
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The Sun in Neutrinos
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From Cosmic Rays.
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Super-Kamiokande
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From The Earth
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enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn
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"The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it travels through all this howling emptiness are roughly comparable to that of dropping a ball bearing at random from a cruising 747 and hitting, say, an egg sandwich." Douglas Adams
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Distance Travelled Prob. It is n e 0 1 e nene m nmnm distance
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295 km T2K
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Super-Kamiokande 42 m 1 km underground 50,000 tons of water
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There is a difference between the physics of matter and antimatter
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Neutrino Oscillations THE discovery in neutrinos of the last 20 years l nlnl l nlnl A typical neutrino experiment
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Steve Boyd, University of Warwick Neutrinos and the case of the missing antimatter
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How do we exist?
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The Universe
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Why is there more matter than antimatter?
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There is a difference between the physics of matter and antimatter
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There is a difference between the physics of matter and antimatter
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How do we exist? We don't know (yet) but we're working on it The smallest, most insignificant (yet most common) particle in the cosmos may just hold the reason!
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Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry n n n n n n n n n n n n A theory called “Leptogenesis” suggests that the asymmetry we see was generated by an asymmetry between neutrinos and anti-neutrinos at the beginning of things.
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Electron Neutrino, n e 0 Very tiny mass (<0.0000001) Electron, e Tiny mass ( 1 ) What is a neutrino? Neutrinos are the second most common particle in the universe. Produced whereever you have radioactive decays
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x 500
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Electron Neutrino, n e Electron, e mass ( 1 ) - Muon Neutrino, n m Muon, m mass ( 200 ) - Tau Neutrino, n t Tau, t mass ( 3500 ) -- 3 Lepton Types
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Electron Neutrino, n e Muon Neutrino, n m Tau Neutrino, n t 3 neutrino Flavours Electron Antineutrino, n e Muon Antineutrino, n m Tau Antineutrino, n m
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From the Big Bang Artist's conception One cubic foot of space contains about 10,000,000 neutrinos left over from the Big Bang.
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From Astrophysical Objects Supernovae created the heavy elements (us) and neutrinos may be responsible for the star exploding.
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500,000,000,000,000 neutrinos from the sun just went through each and every one of you
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From The Earth
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From Us.
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So why don't we notice? n are almost ghosts. They interact extremely weakly with matter. To a neutrino a planet is mostly empty space.
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"The chances of a neutrino actually hitting something as it travels through all this howling emptiness are roughly comparable to that of dropping a ball bearing at random from a cruising 747 and hitting, say, an egg sandwich." Douglas Adams
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enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn enpnenpn
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Assume 1 billion people eat an egg sandwich every 3 months 1.67 x 10 7 egg sandwiches/day Let's say that 3 months of the year people can eat outside, and that they picnic one day every week 600,000 external egg sandwiches/day Area of egg sandwich – 15 cm x 15cm186 m 2 total egg-sandwich area egg sandwich lifetime – 20 minutes9000 egg sandwiches at any time Suppose flight paths cover area of earth uniformly Surface area of earth 500 million km 2 Probability of egg-sandwich/ ball bearing intersection 3 x 10 -13 Probability of average solar neutrino interaction 5 x 10 -13
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Assume 1 billion people eat an egg sandwich every 3 months 1.67 x 10 7 egg sandwiches/day Let's say that 3 months of the year people can eat outside, and that they picnic one day every week 600,000 external egg sandwiches/day Area of egg sandwich – 15 cm x 15cm186 m 2 total egg-sandwich area egg sandwich lifetime – 20 minutes9000 egg sandwiches at any time Suppose flight paths cover area of earth uniformly Surface area of earth 500 million km 2 Probability of egg-sandwich/ ball bearing intersection 3 x 10 -13 Probability of average solar neutrino interaction 5 x 10 -13
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Assume 1 billion people eat an egg sandwich every 3 months 1.67 x 10 7 egg sandwiches/day Let's say that 3 months of the year people can eat outside, and that they picnic one day every week 600,000 external egg sandwiches/day Area of egg sandwich – 15 cm x 15cm186 m 2 total egg-sandwich area egg sandwich lifetime – 20 minutes9000 egg sandwiches at any time Suppose flight paths cover area of earth uniformly Surface area of earth 500 million km 2 Probability of egg-sandwich/ ball bearing intersection 3 x 10 -13 Probability of average solar neutrino interaction 5 x 10 -13
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Assume 1 billion people eat an egg sandwich every 3 months 1.67 x 10 7 egg sandwiches/day Let's say that 3 months of the year people can eat outside, and that they picnic one day every week 600,000 external egg sandwiches/day Area of egg sandwich – 15 cm x 15cm186 m 2 total egg-sandwich area egg sandwich lifetime – 20 minutes9000 egg sandwiches at any time Suppose flight paths cover area of earth uniformly Surface area of earth 500 million km 2 Probability of egg-sandwich/ ball bearing intersection 3 x 10 -13 Probability of average solar neutrino interaction 5 x 10 -13
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Assume 1 billion people eat an egg sandwich every 3 months 1.67 x 10 7 egg sandwiches/day Let's say that 3 months of the year people can eat outside, and that they picnic one day every week 600,000 external egg sandwiches/day Area of egg sandwich – 15 cm x 15cm186 m 2 total egg-sandwich area egg sandwich lifetime – 20 minutes9000 egg sandwiches at any time Suppose flight paths cover area of earth uniformly Surface area of earth 500 million km 2 Probability of egg-sandwich/ ball bearing intersection 3 x 10 -13 Probability of average solar neutrino interaction 5 x 10 -13
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One cubic foot of space contains about 10,000,000 neutrinos left over from the Big Bang.
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