Of all high-energy particles, only weakly interacting neutrinos can directly
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IceCube's sensors do not directly observe neutrinos, but instead measure flashes of blue light, known as Cherenkov radiation, emitted by muons ...
charged it creates an electric field which interacts with the outer electrons of the atoms in the ice.
IceCube is more sensitive to muons than other charged leptons, because they are the most penetrating and thus have the longest tracks in the detector. Thus, of ...
Having essentially no mass and no electric charge,
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Due to a lack of electric charge, they point back to their origin, whereas cosmic
Antarctic IceCube observatory tracks a single neutrino to solve
Scientists Track Neutrinos Through Ice to Their Source in the Cosmos