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Neutrinos are the most common particles in the universe, with trillions crossing through you and I each second. Generated as a result of nuclei transformation (to ensure conservation of mass and energy) in high energy environments such as nuclear fission in stars, nuclear fission, or particle accelerators. Video covers what neutrinos are, what the do, what types of neutrinos exist, history of discover, and how we detect them. A quick primer into a fascinating part of particle/theoretical physics. Also, neutrinos are a great example of a particle that was surmised to exist based on mathematical proof (Wolfgang Pauli) and only much later experimentally proven to be real. Neutrinos are the most common particles in the universe, with billions of trillions being generated by the Sun each second, and completely enveloping everyone and everything in the solar system. Three types of neutrinos exist Tau, Mu and electron, and each neutrino will cycle in between being one of the three possible neutrino variations. Studying neutrinos is a big part of cosmology, astrophysics and particle physics, and are studied at particle accelerators. Dedicated detectors have been built around the world to get energy measurements from the rare neutrino - matter interactions.

Music credit: Lost Memory - Sakuzyo

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