tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816364298830193141.post5496202722130028888..comments2023-09-23T06:39:45.134-07:00Comments on The Astronomist: IceCubeThe Astronomisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959972471002184287noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816364298830193141.post-14094812719113137142010-01-21T22:38:45.781-08:002010-01-21T22:38:45.781-08:00I realize the link above I posted to Physics Today...I realize the link above I posted to Physics Today is only available to subscribers. Sorry, here is a permanent link to the abstract for the article: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3293405" rel="nofollow">Multiple detectors to watch for double beta decay</a>.The Astronomisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959972471002184287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816364298830193141.post-47539380533113767542010-01-21T17:51:43.319-08:002010-01-21T17:51:43.319-08:00Certainly... I put that little phrase in italics t...Certainly... I put that little phrase in italics to emphasize exactly that. Neutrinos are the strangest things to me, see my post: <a href="http://theastronomist.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-is-just-to-say.html" rel="nofollow">this is just to say</a>. More scientifically, I was considering how do you learn about or weigh such a particle. Projects like IceCube are necessary. Also, the prospects for seeing <a href="http://ptonline.aip.org/journals/doc/PHTOAD-ft/vol_63/iss_1/20_1.shtml" rel="nofollow">double beta decay</a> and actually obtaining constraints on neutrino masses (as opposed to the vague WMAP constraint on the total sum of neutrino species < 1.3 eV) are very exciting.The Astronomisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17959972471002184287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4816364298830193141.post-2575091161762043282010-01-21T14:04:40.483-08:002010-01-21T14:04:40.483-08:00We're not catching neutrinos...just detecting ...We're not catching neutrinos...just detecting their tiny presenceLaurel Bacquehttps://blog.icecube.wisc.edu/noreply@blogger.com