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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 18:36:16 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Randall <4whp () insightbb com> Date: April 2, 2006 6:29:17 PM EDT To: dave () farber netCc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, "Jess H. Brewer" <jess () triumf ca>
Subject: Re: [IP] Neutrinos have mass! On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 18:15 -0400, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: April 2, 2006 9:51:46 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Neutrinos have mass! Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This item comes from reader Mike Cheponis. DLH] From: Mike Cheponis <mac () wireless com> Date: April 1, 2006 9:22:19 PM PST Subject: Neutrinos have mass! Physicists have confirmed that neutrinos, which are thought to have played a key role during the creation of the Universe, have mass. This is the first major finding of the US-based Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search (Minos) experiment. The findings suggest that the Standard Model, which describes how the building blocks of the Universe behave and interact, needs a revision.Neutrinos are believed to be vital to our understanding of the Universe.But scientists know frustratingly little about these fundamental particles. The findings build on work carried out by Japanese physicists. more at <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4862112.stm>
I forwarded this to Jess H. Brewer, Ph.D, of Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics - http://www.triumf.info/public He replied with this: "Doh! Typical high energy physicists: they either don't know what's going on outside their billion-dollar accelerators or don't count any "discoveries" made without them. This is OLD news. Google "SNO neutrino mass" to see how old. There are a few things one needs higher energy neutrinos to learn, but the neutrino mass matrix is well beyond the "discovery" stage now. Of course, Fermilab isn't likely to get funding increases by saying, "Giant accelerator projects confirm discovery made years ago in Canada using nothing but a big sphere full of heavy water at the bottom of a mine!" If you have to deal with politicians, you have to lie, especially in the States." ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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