During the conference on the History of the Neutrino (Sept. 5-7, 2018 in Paris) the historical context of all these discoveries was covered in three talks by Quentin Rodriguez (Clermont-Ferrand, France). His written contributions can be found as well as Continue Reading …
The problem with beta decay The prehistory of the neutrino starts in 1896 when Henri Becquerel discovered some strange radiation emitted by uranium salts [Bec96]. Isolating the radium, Pierre and Marie Curie named this new phenomenon “radioactivity”. Ernest Rutherford showed that Continue Reading …
We display below some plots or figures that marked the history of neutrino physics. First list contains breakthrough and primary results. Second list contains summary plots which are milestones in neutrino knowledge. Those lists are non-exhaustive and are the arbitrary Continue Reading …
