Seafloor detector picks up record neutrino while under construction

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/02/most-energetic-neutrino-yet-seen-smashes-through-seafloor-detector/

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Balthazar@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y (1 reply)

60 to 230 PeV. That's a spicy neutrino!

davidgro@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

According to Wolfram Alpha on the low end that's about 9.6 millijoules, roughly the acoustic energy of a whisper.

Not a lot on a human scale, but that's a single subatomic particle which does make it super impressive.

recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Thats so cool. I thought the super-kamiokande was the last planned neutrino detector, very cool that they're building more.