November 9, 2012

Huddersfield physicist join global partners for an investigation of the Big Bang particle




SCIENTISTS at the University of Huddersfield are collaborating with experts at some of the world’s leading research institutes in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of a particle that played a role in the creation of the universe.

The existence of neutrinos and anti-neutrinos – particles that are almost massless and which travel at light speed from one side of the earth to the other – was confirmed more than 50 years ago.  Scientists believe that they were created at the Big Bang and might hold the key to the nature of the universe.


journal reference (abstract free): Physical Review Letters>>