Beschreibung:
Alan Chodos and James Riordon
"This book recounts the dramatic history of neutrino science and details the recent successes and ongoing challenges physicists face in pursuit of the ghostly subatomic particle"--
Foreword by Don Lincoln ixPreface xiiiPortrait of a Ghost 11 Neutrino Enigma 32 A Desperate Proposal 133 Project Poltergeist 314 Adrift in a Particle Sea 495 Turn On the Sun 656 The Incredible Flavor Changer 777 Shadows in the Particle Garden 938 Cosmic Connections 1119 Lifting a Veil on the Universe 12310 Made-to-Order Neutrinos 14911 A Coherent Tale 16112 Infinity through a Keyhole 17713 Into the Unknown 19314 What Can You Do with a Neutrino? 20315 On the Fringes and Over the Edge 22516 More to Come for Little Neutral One 239Acknowledgments 243Appendix 245Glossary 259Notes 273Further Reading 287Index 289