Neutrino detection (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Neutrino detection

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A picture of a neutrino detection. Here, a neutrino entered from the left and interacted to produce a high-energy muon (the long prominent "line"), plus a number of other particles. The presence of the muon reveals that the incoming neutrino was of the corresponding type (muon neutrino). The two panels show the event from a top-down and side view, made possible by having detector cells run in two different directions.

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