Adding Reply Archived Topic: It will not be bumped to the top of the forum. Topic Neutrinos Membername   Not a member? Sign Up Free (takes 20 seconds) Password   Forgotten your password? Post Font: Verdana Arial Black Georgia Comic Sans Impact   Size: Tiny Normal Big Huge   Color: Default Dark Red Red Orange Brown Green Olive Cyan Blue Dark Blue Indigo Black [ Check Spelling ] [ Post Preview ] [ LiveTags ] FAQ Keyword Search: Post Options Favorites Manager Notify me of new replies to this topic by email Notify me of new replies to this topic by private message Original Post Raza say Posted at 2:03 am on Sep. 28, 2008 so really, when alpha rays for polonium i think bombard Be, then Neutrinos are produced along with another element. But Neutrinos have zero mass and charge. How so?

Replies holysaiyan1 Posted at 4:28 pm on Oct. 7, 2008 Quote: from Elm at 5:27 pm on Oct. 6, 2008 Instead of string theory can we talk about something that is able to be tested and therefore within the realm of science and not fantasy? Thanks. If you have a better theory that fits all of the available data, then, by all means, submit it to a science journal.  You'll be the new Einstein. Elm Posted at 2:27 pm on Oct. 6, 2008 Instead of string theory can we talk about something that is able to be tested and therefore within the realm of science and not fantasy? Thanks. holysaiyan1 Posted at 8:31 am on Oct. 5, 2008 Post from this position was omitted due to content violations holysaiyan1 Posted at 8:23 am on Oct. 5, 2008 Quote: from Nerdandproud at 8:42 pm on Sep. 28, 2008 If you're not happy with the string theory explination and you want to think about it as a point particle No, point particle theories have major problems, and have been scrapped long ago.   You can't think of some particles as strings that are being viewed "from far away", such that they appear as points, and think as other particles as being a true point particle.  If you view anything from far enough away, it'll look like a zero-dimensional point, regardless of its true dimensions. I think charge has something to do with the spin of the particle? No.  Charge is a fundamental property of particles.  For example, all electrons, no matter what, have a charge of -1.  If one didn't, it would not be an electron. Spin is another fundamental property, different from charge.  Basically, quantum spin is a measure of how fast all particles of a certain type spin.  For example, all electrons have a spin value of ½.  If an electron did not have a spin of ½, it would not be an electron.  Particles with spin never slow down or lose momentum, unlike spinning things at the macroscopic level. Nerdandproud Posted at 5:42 pm on Sep. 28, 2008 If you're not happy with the string theory explination and you want to think about it as a point particle I think charge has something to do with the spin of the particle? Raza say Posted at 4:53 pm on Sep. 28, 2008 okay.How is it electrically neutral? And why does it has zero charge? holysaiyan1 Posted at 7:07 am on Sep. 28, 2008 Neutrinos do have a non-zero mass, it's just very, very, very slight.  Scientists estimate that the mass of a neutrino is somewhere around 0.0027 eV, .  To compare, a proton has a mass of 938,272,310 eV, give or take a few. Both the electrical neutrality and small mass of the neutrino can be explained by string theory.  Tiny Planck-sized strings vibrate in certain ways, in accordance with the laws of physics.  Each different way a string can vibrate makes a different kind of particle that behaves in different ways.  The string vibration that corresponds to neutrinos (generally speaking, because there are several different kinds of neutrinos) is such that the resulting particle has extremely small mass and is electrically neutral. All 7 previous replies displayed.