DEMONSTRATION OF COMMUNICATION USING NEUTRINOS

2012/03/13 by D. D. STANCIL, D. D. Stancil, P. Adamson +209 · 4 voices · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Neutrino Physics Research #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #IoT Networks and Protocols

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732312500770

Abstract

Beams of neutrinos have been proposed as a vehicle for communications under unusual circumstances, such as direct point-to-point global communication, communication with submarines, secure communications and interstellar communication. We report on the performance of a low-rate communications link established using the NuMI beam line and the MINERvA detector at Fermilab. The link achieved a decoded data rate of 0.1 bits/sec with a bit error rate of 1% over a distance of 1.035 km, including 240 m of earth.

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Discussions

• Demonstration of Communication using Neutrinos (2012) [hn, 65 points, 23 comments]
• arxiv.org/abs/1203.2847 [bsky, 12 points, 3 comments]
• Today's xkcd is about neutrinos. MINERvA at Fermilab actually did this! The transmission rates were baaaaad, but not as bad as in Randall's comic. It took 10 seconds to send 1 bit with an error rate o [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]
• i wonder when someone is gonna use neutrino based data transfer to obliterate hft times by sending the signal literally through the earth instead of having to go through the surface or atmosphere. it [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

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