Neutrino Particle Interaction Event
by Science Photo Library
Title
Neutrino Particle Interaction Event
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Photograph of a neutrino interaction event in the 15- foot bubble chamber at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) near Chicago. The neutrino enters the bubble chamber at far right, but does not leave a track itself because it is electrically neutral. It interacts almost immediately with a proton in the liquid filling the bubble chamber, producing a spray of particles that travel towards the left, curving in the chamber's magnetic field. The V- shaped pairs of tracks in the lower half of the picture, which end in characteristic spiral curlicues, are electron- positron pairs produced from gamma-rays.
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May 7th, 2013
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