Public Lecture-Neutrinos Get Under Your Skin

Lecture Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2005. The enigmatic neutrinos are among the most abundant of the tiny particles that make up our universe. They are a billion times more abundant than the particles of which the earth and we humans are made. Thus, to understand the universe, we must understand the neutrinos. Moving ghostlike, almost invisibly, through matter, these particles are very hard to pin down and study. However, dramatic progress has recently been made.
In this lecture, the neutrinos will be introduced. Their behavior, so different from that of everyday objects, will be explained, and recent discoveries will be described. The open questions about neutrinos, forthcoming attempts to answer these questions, and the role of neutrinos in shaping the universe and making human life possible, will all be explained. Lecturer: Boris Kayser, Fermilab.

[@mendelsm]

Just watched this today - five years after it was given. This was a very clear and well done lecture. Dr. Kayser's explanations are excellent. Thanks so much.

[@jondowner101]

Huh

[@hansjoachim9581]

May we kindly ask you to provide more information on how you processed the SuperKamiokande data for your sound video. Thank you!

[@nightstar1219]

great lecture, helped my understanding a lot ^.^

[@muhammadalkhawarizmi3630]

10:10 How nuterinos created

[@pipertripp]

Muhammad AlKhawarizmi they are created through what are called weak interactions. If you want and example, see the proton - proton chain reaction in stars. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%E2%80%93proton_chain_reaction

[@davidmorris9140]

Lost me after repeating “if it’s with an electron, it’s an electron neutrino, if it’s with a muon it’s a muon neutrino, if it’s a tau it’s a tau neutrino. THREE FRIGGEN TIMES in as many minutes, Not even enough respect for his.audience to the say “and so on..”