sterile neutrino

noun

Etymology

From sterile + neutrino, from being a neutrino which is sterile, being noninteractive through the four forces of the Standard Model.

  1. compounded as sterile neutrino — “sterile + neutrino

Definitions

  1. A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has…

    A type of neutrino (and potentially dark matter), that may be supermassive, which has right-handed chirality, and only interacts with other particles by means of gravity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sterile neutrino. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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