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India-based neutrino oblivion
In a conversation with science journalist Nandita Jayaraj, physicist and Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita touched on the dismal anti-parallels between the India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) and the Japanese Kamioka and Super-Kamiokande observatories. The INO’s story should be familiar to readers … Continue reading
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Tagged ASHA workers, Challakere science city, COVID-19 pandemic, Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kamioka, Naba K Mondal, Nandita Jayaraj, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita, The Hindu
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Physics Nobel rewards neutrino work, but has sting in the tail for India
As neutrino astronomy comes of age, the Nobel Foundation has decided to award Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald with the physics prize for 2015 for their discovery of neutrino oscillations – a property which indicates that the fundamental particle has … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur B. McDonald, Bruno Pontecorvo, Department of Atomic Energy, IceCUBE neutrino observatory, India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO), Kolar Gold Fields, neutrino mass hierarchy, neutrino oscillations, neutrinos, Physics Nobel, Standard Model, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, Super-Kamiokande neutrino detector, Takaaki Kajita
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Vaiko has a problem with the unmanned, fully automated neutrino observatory
Imagine a vast research facility situated below a hill – fully underground – hosting a massive particle detector made up of the world’s largest electromagnet and some 30,000 metal plates. Embracing this device is a magnetic field 35,000 times as strong as Earth’s, not … Continue reading
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Tagged India-based Neutrino Observatory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Vaiko
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An elusive detector for an elusive particle
The delay of a go-ahead from the Cabinet for an indigenously designed neutrino detector is demoralizing for scientists because it could turn investors away. Continue reading
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Tagged India-based Neutrino Observatory, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kolar Gold Fields, Masatoshi Koshiba, neutrino physics, particle physics
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“God is a mathematician.”
The more advanced the topics I deal with in physics, the more stark I observe the divergence from philosophy and mathematics to be. While one seems to drill right down to the bedrock of all things existential, the other assumes … Continue reading
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Tagged accelerator physics, elegance, G. Rajasekaran, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, mathematics, philosophy
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So, is it going to be good news tomorrow?
As the much-anticipated lead-up to the CERN announcement on Wednesday unfolds, the scientific community is rife with many speculations and few rumours. In spite of this deluge, it may be that we could expect a confirmation of the God particle’s … Continue reading
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Tagged CERN, Higgs boson, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Large Hadron Collider, New Physics, particle physics, Tevatron
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