Colloquium: Neutrino detectors as tools for nuclear security

2020/03/12 by A. Bernstein, N. S. Bowden, B. L. Goldblum +3 · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Neutrino Physics Research #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · doi:10.1103/revmodphys.92.011003

openalex created_date 2019/08/29 · openalex publication_date 2020/03/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

In 1930, Wolfgang Pauli proposed that conservation of energy and momentum in beta decay required the existence of a new particle: the neutrino. Since then experimental methods have matured to the point that neutrino detection now has an important practical application, namely, enhancing nuclear security. In this Colloquium the challenges and advances in the field of neutrino detection and their use in national security are discussed.

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Cited by

• Constraints on Elastic Neutrino Nucleus Scattering in the Fully Coherent Regime from the CONUS Experiment
• CONUS experiment [wikipedia]