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9. Neutrinos don't care ...
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 02:37 PM
Jul 2020

Neutrinos don't care how high the mountain is. They pass through planets as though they were thin gas. A deep cave in Italy is as good as a high mountain in Nepal, and maybe bettter ... the more rock around you and above you, the more likely you'll screen out most of everything else you're trying to avoid detecting in order to find the neutrino in the first place.

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